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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
NGC really goofed here and somebody overspent on this auction.  One coin is rare; the other is not. The CV between the two is substantial.  The NGC slab  For future CCF reference, the difference between "long" and "short" versions. Who knows...maybe somebody will find a rare one?   Edited by DVCollector
08/12/2011 12:09 am
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Valued Member
United States
304 Posts |
Wow, big swing and a miss!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1666 Posts |
Judging by the sale price, most of the serious bidders were aware of the disparity. NGC makes quite a few mistakes, such as one I posted here: https://goccf.com/t/90198Edited by Numismat
08/12/2011 02:24 am
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
10045 Posts |
Yeah-- just 4 bidders. So I wonder if this was submitted to NGC as LL and they didn't bother to confirm?  So far, I have not found an NGC error in my favor--but here's to hoping!  |
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Pillar of the Community
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You would think in their business that would not occur. I know they look at many a coin, but thats no excuse.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
To their credit, the picture isn't listed in Krause. They would need a specialty catalog; and mine is in Danish. I'm guessing whoever submitted mis-attributed the coin, and they just went with that. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1666 Posts |
If they depend on the Krause books for their attribution, then god help us all!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
 Would they bother to translate other languages? I think not. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
539 Posts |
Really? I have no slabbed coins and don't plan on owning any ('cause I cannot afford them). But this seems like a pretty serious flaw. Don't you all wonder when such a mistake is made that they will goof something up that may actually be tough.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I have seen many 1878 8Tf marked as 1878 7TF from NGC also. They seem to be getting really bad at it also because I at least see 1 a month and usually more than that and all are from NGC
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1666 Posts |
I've notcied the same trend as Bryan. Oddly enough, I have yet to see such a goof in a PCGS holder, though I've seen over a dozen various such goofs in NGC holders so far this year. And it seems like only the past 3-4 years that I've started seeing misattributions from NGC (though I was also not nearly as knowledgeable back then). Some of the grading from NGC seems questionable as well. For example, weakly struck MS-65 coins of a type that is not normally expected to be weakly struck. I always thought that to get an MS-65 the coin has to be a superb strike for the type in addition to grade and surface. Edited by Numismat
08/12/2011 10:27 pm
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Valued Member
France
130 Posts |
Excuse me while I scurry off to my Scandinavian box........
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Valued Member
France
130 Posts |
I didn't find one but I did find a whole bunch of silver content Swedish and this little beauty :)   Sorry for going off topic. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1666 Posts |
Key dates are always fun. =)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
10045 Posts |
It's only slightly off-topic, since it's still Scandinavia. Wow--that's a very nice coin to find in your box!  If you have any Swedish coins prior to 1920, there are quite a few overdates. I have posted my finds to this forum. |
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Valued Member
France
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I had some others nice finds too :)
I shall check them once more...... Many thanks.
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