How Can Something Like This Get Straight-Graded?

i would not bust this one out. it would have a good chance at a details designation. If I was purchasing though I wouldnt be looking at the slab, I'd be looking at the coin and to me that mark is not only in a key area but does not appear to be natural as you suggested

I agree!

Hard to believe.

100% A details coin . Must I raise a rant again on TPG ?

I must agree that this should be a details coin. But 99.997 percent of NGC and PCGS are accurately technically graded.

It seems that someone finds a bad grading a couple of times per month and the same players jump into the "bad TPG" bandwagon.

I look at tens of thousands of those two TPG's in a year, both in hand and photo. There are coins that APPEAR, from photos, to be wrong.

But I would much rather bet on their accuracy than raw coins. I know perfectly well how to grade. I know what constitutes superior eye appeal.

Saying that "buy the coin" phrase is so terribly ridiculous. If you don't know how to grade and are uncertain about what eye appeal is best - what exactly are you supposed to depend on? Someone's opinion who shows us here on a regular basis that they don't know how to grade?

Or Mr. Mugoo on ebay?

I like a professional opinion. I don't always agree with it. But when I spend several hundred or thousands of dollars on a coin I appreciate NGC and PCGS.

From selling coins that I buy through Heritage, I do make nice profits that I can use for even better coins.

If you are buying a slick Liberty nickel enjoy your $2 purchase, or your bank box of nickels to sort, or your stash of ebay tokens or world coins. Those are all great ways to buy coins you enjoy.

At the same time, allow me to purchase coins the way I like without being ridiculed for liking TPG coins.

If you spent less time looking for the negatives in our hobbies and more time finding the good we would all be better off.

...huff puff...rant over...

Strong candidate for a holder that's been tampered with.
Or something else along that line.

So we should just ignore when the 2 or the major standards for grading (NGC/CAC) make a pretty big mistake because people don't like disagreements? When companies like the big three grading companies expect us to ensure so much trust in them we should be able to call them out when they amateur mistake like this (not getting small variety wrong, or straight grading a cleaned coin, A giant gash on the coin visible from a metaphorical mile away).

When I point the negatives I'm not trying to sound like a person who discredits every coin graded by TPGs, I am trying to show that (and I assume anyone else who does) NGC and CAC can be wrong, or make mistakes as well, because I think some people think of it like they can't be wrong, or if they disagree with a TPG's assessment that its something wrong with them and that these TPGs are unarguable.





No its not though, grading is a thing every collector should learn, its not hard, even just basic non numeric grading is extremely useful and its a thing with help save mucho denairo and disappointment in the long run. And on the main point that, if You're buying a coin just because a piece of paper in some plastic says its a nice grade (just I am over simplifying it) and not on the fact that You like the coin and at least somewhat agree with the grade then You're only selling Yourself the short end.

Valid fair point, however this is much easier to see than a cleaning (well most cleanings). And its not that I am try to discredit NGC and CAC, its just hard not to be a little concerned when 2 companies who pride themselves on their accurate grading make a rookie mistake like this.