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My First 3 Cent Silver 1851 (Opinions On Grading)

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 Posted 05/24/2011  7:19 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Indian1 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I would agree with an AU58 but only as a max.
Slight but still there, rub wear. Seeing as all coins have been cleaned to one extent or another :) It may net a 53/55.
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 Posted 05/25/2011  12:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinsKelly to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
My pictures really do not do it justice. If anything, I thought it might come back as cleaned since the toning on it is so minor. I could have lived with that. But I have seen many 3 cent silvers in hand and this one was comparable to those that had a grade between 58 and low 60's. Plus I checked to make sure it was not bent. I am holding up the BS paddle on the .98 ruling.
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 Posted 05/25/2011  1:49 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JackB to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Need some education, if you could...

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.98 - REALLY? If anyone sees where the damage is, please point it out to me!

Looking back at your post, this would be the one as soon as you got your coin back, I'd say - is the .98 some sort of grade, or rejection?

Thanks, Jack
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 Posted 05/25/2011  2:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinsKelly to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Hi Jack! .98 is PCGS's code for damage, .92 is for cleaning. I would have understood .92 but .98 is really silly.
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 Posted 05/25/2011  2:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinsKelly to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Oh, and their response to me:

"Each grader operates independently and without knowledge of any other grader's opinions. Each grader records the results of their grading in our computer system which utilizes time-tested rules based logic to determine and track each coin's grade. After each coin has been graded by the graders it is reviewed and the grade is finalized by one of our most senior experts. In the opinion of our grading staff this coin is genuine, but could not be graded according to our standards."

Sounds like a computer generated script. Too bad, this coin will not stay in this holder but rejoin it's compadre's in the intercept shield 2x2's I have them in! Glad they could at least agree it is genuine...

Thanks everyone for your opinions! I think I will look to you first next time :-)
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 Posted 05/25/2011  2:38 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinsKelly to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
And finally, if you are wondering (most probably not), why I am so adamant about this coin not staying in this holder. I never plan on selling my coins but to leave them to my son. At age 11, it is tough to know if he will want to continue with this or not. Should he decide to sell them (and I would want him to if he does not have enjoyment from them), I do not want him ripped off when I believe a mistake has been made with the coin by a TPG. Right or wrong, this little guy will go back to it's original holder with it's friends!
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Well... In the second picture, there are hints of greenish yellow on the bottom half. In the top picture, from 4-to-5 o'clock, there appears to be a dark spot. It might just be the lighting in the picture, but is it possible this is PVC damage?
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 Posted 05/26/2011  08:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add CoinsKelly to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
No, it is my poor picture taking. There are no spots on it and the second picture does not reflect the color.
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