Adams

I see this coin as MS63. There are a few hits in the fields that I think would prevent a higher grade. However, as discussed in a previous thread, I feel that the TPG's are grading these way too liberally. Based on what I've seen, I think this coin would see itself in an NGC or PCGS MS65 slab.

I would speculate that getting an MS-69 or 70 coin might make it worthwhile to slab, since the population of those coins will be low, even with huge numbers being minted. Otherwise, unless one has a true error coin, I personally don't see the value in paying a TPG to slab it. Others may have differing opinions!

I've gone through some 16 boxes or so of Washington and Adams Dollars.

I'm betting that an MS-68 would be worth getting slabbed as such and there may be a remote possibility of it being worth it to slab an MS-67. At a minimum, an MS-67 could justify an Airtite to preserve it.

This is almost like the early IKE's where MS-68 and above was unheard of.

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I've gone through some 16 boxes or so of Washington and Adams Dollars.

I'm betting that an MS-68 would be worth getting slabbed as such and there may be a remote possibility of it being worth it to slab an MS-67. At a minimum, an MS-67 could justify an Airtite to preserve it.

This is almost like the early IKE's where MS-68 and above was unheard of.

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WOW! That's a lot of coins! How many keepers did you get from all that work? What grade do you think they are?

All the Adam's dollars have scratches somewhere, seems that the production process is just going to ding them up to varying degrees. However, the location and number of dings varies from coin to coin. I'd love to see an MS-69 or 70 for comparison to what I found....it'd be almost impossible due to the mfg process IMO.

I picked up 2 more rolls and went through them, I culled 4 more Adam's dollars that were the best of the bunch. Seems I've cleaned out my little bank I was going to. LOL Those were the last 2 rolls of new Adams, I did get 3 rolls of mixed "dollars", they were all junk.