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Valued Member
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I have my annual PCGS grading "freebies" and I brought 4 coins in of known varying quality. What I got back was interesting as none of them received an actual grade. Since this is my first time I'm curious if this is normal? I'm sure I've missed reading some fine print but.
1857 Flying Eagle XF Detail
1858-O tooled XF detail
1945-D scratch AU detail
1922 cleaned -UNC detail
But no actual grades? I would think that if a coin has UNC details it's at least gradeable, even if low. So I think I'm missing something like "scratch" or "cleaned" or . Is an automatic disqualification.
Thanks
Jb
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Pillar of the Community
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Yes, unfortunately PCGS detailed coins do not get a numerical grade. This is true of NGC as well.
ANACS, on the other hand, does give numerical grades to detailed coins.
Edited by Tanman2001
08/31/2021 1:06 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree with Tanman. Would like to see photos of the 1922 coin, if possible.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Sounds like you could use some advice before you send in more coins for grading.  |
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Valued Member
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104 Posts |
Coinfrog- probably true but they were free and .I wasn't totally unaware of the state, just the process.
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Valued Member
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Sadly the pics As received back fromPCGS are like 11mb. A little hard to share.
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Pillar of the Community
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I too am curious as to what all of these look like. Seeing images of each we would be able to point out exactly (more than likely) what PCGS saw, give some feedback so that these vouchers don't go wasted in the future. If you can't upload the image, you can also share the certification numbers of each coin, as long as there's Trueview pics, we can look them up.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Use the free image optimizer to get the photos to portable size..or share the PCGS numbers
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Valued Member
United States
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So PCGS numbers are as follows:  And I the 22 Peace which I don't how it's loading.  |
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Valued Member
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Well heck, since that worked. 45 Standing Liberty  |
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Valued Member
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And the 1857 Flying Eagle  |
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Pillar of the Community
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The 1945 50 cent I see the large scratch, so that one would details.
The 1922 Peace is a common date, common coin, unless it was spectacular I wouldn't have slabbed that one. The cleaning isn't bad, but I would agree with the grade.
The 1858 you can CLEARLY see the damage, grade is accurate.
And the 1857 has both scratches and 5 small gouges. Why would you get that graded?
There wasn't one coin that was worth grading, everyone was clearly details.
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Valued Member
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And the 1858 50cent  |
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Pillar of the Community
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I think the grades are accurate, although it's hard to detect the cleaning on the Peace dollar with the photos. That explains why they didn't get numerical grades. The only thing they got wrong is the WLH is a half dollar, not a quarter. |
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Well color me educated and advised. I guess the part that confused me was the total lack of any grade. Heck call it a G6 If you like. And I'm not saying I disagree with the comments. But I am learning and they were free so good education from my point of view.
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Pillar of the Community
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When submitting coins for grading you have to have either a coin that is worth it (like high value or high grade) or because of authencity. Unless the coin is valuable or the details grade questionable with a potential upside ($$$$), it rarely makes it worth it grade it yourself. It's actually much cheaper to buy coins already graded. Sadly these coins didn't merit grading.
Look I graded stuff that I was like why did I do that? So it's a lesson learned, but seriously try to grade stuff that meets either of these 3 conditions: value, condition or authentic
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Posted 08/31/2021 2:14 pm
