Pit Your Grading Skills Against PCGS (Grades Posted)

OK, here's how I'd call the grades.

1877-S Trade dollar: Unc details, cleaned; no grade. Looks genuine.
1885 Indian cent: MS-62 BN. Downgraded due to carbon spots.
1928 Peace dollar: AU-50.
1878 Morgan: MS65 if cracked out and submitted raw. I'd bet it will not upgrade if submitted in the slab.
2006 ASE: PR-69 DCAM.
1916-D Mercury dime: G-04 if it slabs. I expect a no-grade due to rim damage.
1939-D Jefferson: Either AU-58 or MS-64+. I can't tell if slight rub is present.
1963-D Franklin: MS-64, no FBL.
1856 Large cent: MS-63 BN.
1864 2-cent large motto #1 (trdhrdr007): AU-50.
1880-S Morgan: MS-64.
1864 2-cent large motto #2 (nohope587): MS-64 BN.
1864 2-cent large motto #3 (nohope587): AU-58 RB.
1865 2-cent: MS-60 BN.
1914-D Lincoln Cent: VF-20. Looks a bit glossy; possible no grade due to cleaning. Looks genuine.
1883 Shield nickel: MS-63. Light hairlines hopefully are not severe enough to get a no-grade.
1881 3-cent nickel: MS-63.
1846 dime: VG-10 details. I expect a no-grade due to what looks like an attempted puncture at star #6.
1922 Grant half dollar: MS-63.
1878 Morgan 8TF: MS-63.
1952 Washington quarter: MS-65. If Dave sends it to NGC I'm hoping for a star.
1837 No Stars Half Dime: AU-58. I'm a bit concerned about possible no-grade either due to cleaning or if the rim pinch visible at 9:00 on the obverse is judged to be post-mint damage.
1855 Large cent: AU-55. Slight chance of no grade due to cleaning.

That's my story, and I'm sticking to it!

Just wondering if Dave had heard anything from PCGS, or had an idea when we might find out our grades!

does pcgs return money for non graded coins?

I could see some of the reasons why PCGS body bagged a few of them items here (the 1916 dime) but for some of the others I can't. I think that they're sometimes so into upholding their reputation that if they get a coin that they feel might be questionable to others, they're just body bag it.

After looking over all of the submissions to PCGS, I have decided to never have anything graded by them again. I kind of expected the 1916 D, not to grade. I was extremely dissapointed to see my 1939 D, receive a grade of AU55.

Plus out of all the submissions there were 9 BB. Something is wrong here. I feel that almost every coin received a much lower grade than they should have.

After reviewing the results for a while, I have decided to resubmit the 1916 D to ANACS. If they determine it was tooling, they will still ecapsulate it with that reason. I will most likely rid myself of the Merc by selling it on ebay in the near future. I don't want a problem coin in my collection, plus I can put the money towards the purchase of an AG-3 1916 Standing Liberty quarter. I prefer it ecapsulated with the reason for the damage, than not to be ecapsulated at all.

The 1939 D will most likely get resubmitted to NGC. I am not satisfied with the grade it received. I was speechless when I saw the grade it received.

Once again,

I think we should all give Dave a special thanks, for doing all this work. It was well appreciated.

AU 55 works for me, I guess. The seller on ebay claimed it was MS62+. Did I believe them? Not really... Local coin shop said it was a XF at best. So AU 55 works.

Does anyone think it would grade better in a NGC slab?

Sorry for the bad news, everyone. I guess you win some and lose some. But you keep on fighting!
Ty

After a long weekend trip to Colorado, I check my email and find that the grades are in. I was not surprised at all to find that the Trade dollar was body-bagged, I was 99% sure that it would be. I am fine with this as it was expected, and my main concern was to make sure of the authenticity, because I would not feel comfortable selling a fake coin, and I plan to sell this one to get some other coins for the collection.

As for my indianhead, what earth makes them think that the color is questionable? It looks very natural to me. If there was something done to the color I think that it would have been done to eliminate the carbon spots on the coin. I just can't get over this and I am very disappointed.

I actually read Dave's email 3 times, to make sure that I read it right. I haven't looked at most of the other coins, but I will say that there is no way on earth that the 1837 1/2 dime should have been body-bagged. That's an all natural beauty there.

Anyway, this has given me some thoughts about PCGS job in grading these coins that I don't think are fit to post on a family-friendly forum. I appreciate all of Dave's hard work in this venture, and thank him for the submission and awesome pictures. Thanks for your time and effort Dave!