Someone please explain Morgan dollar grade

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Hello Chris. I think you missed the point I am trying to make. I know I cannot do a better job than TPG graders. I only believe that coin collectors should not put so much faith into a grade. Grading a coin is an imperfect and inconsistent science. I believe one's money is better spent elsewhere. With the exception of verifying a coin as counterfeit or not - if you are unable to do so yourself.

 

No, I didn't miss your point! You made the comments above with no basis in fact. It is apparent to me that you know little, if anything, about how the top grading services operate.

Chris

 

No, no way its a jewelry piece PCBs cannot grade a jewelry piece as a details correct

 

?? What is a PCB, and is your sentence a statement or a question?

 

edited i cracked it.. No way i am sending it in again but i needed to look close

 

It is a statement. And pcbs is autocorrect for pcgs for apple comps. I am so sorrrrry. To clarify, i believe, and i could be wrong but i thought pCGS could not give a unc details grade for bezeled or jewelry coins

 

PCB's are carcinogens found in old natural gas mains though

 

, I just figured I would share a obviously frustrating occurrence and i thought it would be interesting to get some feedback because i do lack the ninja skills of the tpg graders and could be mistaken. Do you see a definite problem with the rim?

 

In my opinion, PCGS nails it when they call something damaged.
They make very few mistakes in that area.

 

Don't want to open a can of worms here, but if you cracked it out and are not sending it back in, how will you be selling it? You stated you used PCGS because it was more favorable to your buyers so I would assume you are selling it? If you think it is not a problem coin, do you sell it as a non problem coin?

 

why wouldnt he? If he doesnt think there is a problem, he can sell it that way. Pcgs doesnt have final say on a coin. They make mistakes just like the rest of us.

 

SO.... you use their grades when it benefits you, or crack it out and sell it raw if it doesn't?

 

If the OP honestly doesnt see any damage, and takes good pictures of the coin. I think that it is fair to list it as a UNC Morgan. Pcgs may have spent 10 seconds looking at it, they may have made a mistake.

I think the TPG who charge 25-50 dollars coin, could give an explanation of the problem, for that kind of money. Such as, rim damage at 10 o'clock on obverse. They charge a lot of money to look at the coin for 10 seconds and just say its a problem coin.

 

I don't understand your argument. You guessed that they looked at this coin for ten seconds. Then went on to use that ten second time frame to further your argument that they charge too much for looking at it for that long. They could have looked at that coin for two hours and lost money grading that one. When he sent the coin to PCGS, he was paying them to be the final say on the coin.
I'm not going to continue arguing this. All I will say is I feel it is unethical and I was hoping for the OP to answer. I would automatically put him on the "never buy from" list. Sorry to say, you made the list also.

 

I shouldn't say also because I don't know what the OP's thoughts are yet.

 

In ten years you have never bought from me before How would not buying from me now effect me? You should always find dealers you are comfortable with buying from. It will make collecting a more enjoyable hobby.