1916-D Barber 25c You Vs PCGS

In a new gen NFIC Chip Gold Shield Holder

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1916-D-25C...324342090281

And after seeing the sellers pics, those obverse hits look deeper and more noticeable. Based on those I wouldn't say any higher than 64+.

At MS66 you would think this coin oozes luster, but I don't see it in those pics. And I certainly wouldn't pay $1,000+ for it.

I think the reverse is actually (much) better than the obverse. But MS66...I still don't see it.
I wonder how long this coin will be for sale on ebay.

fortcollins you are exactly correct! Is there such a thing as an opposite CAC gold bean?

I'll give you that today. You know my friend and high school coin buddy and coin partner started ICG? Pre ICG in high school we ran mail order lists and travelled to coin shows out of state together. He went on to be a major player in the coin wholesale business then worked for PCGS for awhile before leaving and starting ICG. It was an interesting company and they did a really good job IMO in the beginning while he owned it. He got JP Martin (one of the very best) to be authenticator, and James Taylor to help run things, and many of the graders had come over from PCGS. Having ANACS and ICG a couple of miles apart in Englewood, CO made it easy to drop off coins for me at the time too. Today I don't really give them much thought. I always liked their holders using the Intercept insert to cut down on corrosion, and they were smaller than all the others, except the early ANACS white slabs.

Today (actually for the past decade) I haven't even looked at or seen many ICG slabs in my hunt for certain coins. Last one I bought was only for the coin, a nice Two Cent Piece with a huge Cud on the reverse. I do have a few MS63 or better Two Cent Pieces still holdered by them, all really old holders though, nothing after say 2005.