What's the grade based on these pics? Click on pics to make them super-size. I edited the date so you can't look it up
Well, I'd need the other side to give you a full grade. But, that is one of the most scratched up Eagles I've ever seen. Probably a 65 or 66, tops.
With the significant spotting and luster grazes, yes. There are less scratches than the reverse, but I'm at 66 max on this one. Also, it's missing the date for some reason? I'm not sure how knowing the date will change anything.
I wouldnt grade it at this, but i think the lable says 68. I dont think they spend much time looking at these IMO
It shouldn't take more than a couple of seconds to grade these. After a grader has looked at a few thousand of them, any imperfections should be instantly spotted. These don't have the same difficulty of grading as does a circulated Bust dime, for example.
Sure, and some of them have people paying 5 figures, even. Those are extremely few and far between. The vast majority are worth 2 figures. But it's not the value that determines the time - it is the experience. Do you know how many Silver Eagles NGC has graded? Over 8 million. After you've graded a hundred thousand pieces of bullion, I'll bet you could grade the next one in a couple of seconds. Even for the actually rare and harder to grade pieces, the graders spend less than a minute per coin. They've graded so many coins that they don't need to spend any more time than that. They aren't going to get any more information.
If the large scratch occured after striking, isn't it enough for a details grade? It's huge. And look at all the others. Maybe they considered it an error but didn't label it such cause it wasn't paid for error label? I wonder if all these defects are pmd or not. @physics-fan3.14 @paddyman98
Yes, they all appear to be PMD. And no, they don't appear bad enough for a details label. So what's the grade on this?