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I thought the Mark on the face would hold it back from MS65, 1881-s series is known for its remarkable strikes and many are to be found....In high grades from that fact...It is however a VAM 16 do to the die chips on the REV leaves of the wreath next to UNITED... |
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That's a very strong 64 in an older holder. If resubmitted today it would have a good shot at 65 and PL as well. As is, it was a nice purchase and conservatively graded.
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Actually, I won this as a Yearly Youth Door Prize at my Coin Club.
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Is it just me or is PCGS more stingy about PL grades than NGC?
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Is it just me or is PCGS more stingy about PL (proof Like and DMPL (Deep Mirror proof Like) grades than NGC? Yes, very much so. Edited by Ozland
02/08/2011 9:14 pm
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Perhaps it is worth a resubmission?
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Every time they let another high value coin PL or DMPL into the equation:(into the number of already known and graded coins) there population increases... AND the overall prices will fall for there are now more available.. TO PROTECT there already given values, the only way to control the pricing is to hold back the possible coins that could move up into the top tier positions....Over all the top TPG's have tightend up there standards.....to the point that many coins already graded would never make the grades they now assigned.....It's quite a quagmire... |
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Quote:Over all the top TPG's have tightened up there standards.....to the point that many coins already graded would never make the grades they now assigned.....It's quite a quagmire... What Gene is refering to is since the inception of the third party grading companies such as PCGS and NGC, they started out grading quite conservatively. Over the years their standards loosened up to where it very noticeable that early graded coins could be cracked out and resubmitted with a higher than average likelihood of being upgraded to a higher grade. In fact many astute dealers and collectors took advantage of this gradeflation and made quite a lot of money from it. The PCGS coin that is being referenced at MS 64 could at any time since it was slabbed easily have been MS 65. That is the difference we are talking about. Many high dollar coins have BIG jumps from MS 64 to MS 65. Edited by Ozland
02/08/2011 10:49 pm
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It is hard to grade from photos. It would not surprise me if, in hand, this one looks more like an MS-64. The photos did show some hits on the cheek and some dark toning on the obverse center which may have cost the coin a bit during its "20 second" grading window.
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Wow, I still think she a beaut! There must be more than just one mark on her cheek that is hard to see in the photo. Listen, if you really feel bad about her, I'll "cast myself onto my sword" and accept her into my collection.
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It's a great looking coin even if PCGS doesn't think it deserves a 65 or a PL...
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I'm still amazed, I've seen 65s and 66s that looked worse.
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