Grading coins from pics Round 1

I hope not...eheheh.

 

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1. 62
2. 65fs
3. 66

 

Yes all coins will have a # grade

 

Ahh but the key is whether or not the TPG thought it looked hot

 

Morgan - MS-62 Lots of bag marks but no wear

Jefferson - MS-65 FS well worn dies

Roosevelt - MS-66 nice mottled toning

 

1) ms62
2) ms66 fs
3) ms66

 

Coin 1- MS62
Coin 2- MS65FS
Coin 3- MS65

 

Well I'm feeling good about my grades as LeHigh has agreed with me Espically the Nickel.

 

Morgan-62

Jefferson-65

Roosie-66

 

I am in between on the nickel, I can't tell how many of the marks are on the coin or the holder.

 

Yea sorry about the slab glare....I am still testing a new lighting setup. works great on the toned coins, but I've been getting glare that I didn't used to.

 

#1: Ms60
#2: Ms63
#3: Ms60

 

#1 63
#2 66
#3 64

Rationale:
#1- Lots of dings and the like, although someone pointed out that some of that is die cracks, so I may have been to critical.
#2- I'm not very good with nickels, all I know is that obverse is quite nearly immaculate, and the back is pretty scratched. In the past I've found the reverse condition has less adverse effects on the grade than the obverse, so I'm guessin they might work out to 66. I'm probably too high on this though
#3- Is the reverse weakly struck? The letters look pretty mushy... in that case I have great difficulty trying to set a grade to this. If I remember correctly (feel free to correct me if I'm wrong because I very well could be), but weakly struck specimens tend to have more leeway and are graded with their 'handicap' in mind? I went 64 for the great obverse and alright reverse, although my interpretation of weakly struck could really just be wear, in which case this is low MS or perhaps AU IMO


Man... I'm going to be struggling with this a lot im sure... :S

 

MS63 morgan
MS66 nickel
MS66 dime

 

that's how we learn is by stretching our brain muscles

 

1. 63
2. 65
3. 66

 

1878 - looks like more chatter than I usually see on 63's,,,, so would grade it as MS62, and then +1 for my tendency to be conservative... so back at MS63.

1940D - Nice looking coin, looks as FS as FS can be.. a few nicks here and there that are not too distracting, luster appears to be there in spades. My guess would be 65FS due to the nicks... I'll let it stand there this "once" just to try and baseline myself with my grading and my +1 routine.... standing pat at 65FS.

1956 - man I have a hard time grading these... I see very little wrong with this coin, maybe a bit of weak strike on the reverse and uber minor nics on obv, and appears to have a very pleasing tone.. I'll guess 65 for the weak strike, +1 for ngc... so 66 it is.

 

Great turn out so far....I will be away for a couple days, but I will check in to answer any questions.

 

1878 7/8weak MS-62
1940 MS-64/5/FS
1956 MS-66 FT

 

I think your thread will have some very informative value , especially for New Collectors . I would like to point out though , there is no substitute for using a loupe and physically having the coin in hand , which could drastically have an affect in how one apply's the grading factors . That said, I look forward to following the thread.