GTG 1946 Jefferson Nickel

Wow, I absolutely would never have guessed 67. My TPG guess of 66 was generous, in my opinion.

I don't know what your other 67 looks like, but the coin in this thread is definitely overgraded in my opinion.

This strikes to the heart of market grading, where coins are graded on a scale. This is one of my biggest problems with this. To the TPG, this is one of the better coins, relative to others, so it deserves a high grade. To me, this coin exhibits significant planchet roughness and so deserves a limited grade. I don't really care if this is a problem common to all Jeffersons - if that means the highest graded Jefferson is only a 66, then so be it.

And that's where you and the TPGs disagree with me. We've discussed this many times before, I just can't agree.

 

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We have discussed it many times, and I knew what you were gonna say before I even read your reply. And everything you said is fair, a well reasoned objection to the grading practices of NGC. I would expect that if you were ever going to collect Jefferson Nickels, you would be more comfortable with PCGS grading standards on the series, until you found out how inconsistent they are with the FS designation that is.

Here are both 67's side by side for a comparison.




The new one has more luster and better eye appeal, but the old one has better surfaces, IMO.

 

Haha, I'm glad that we can agree to disagree on this, Lehigh.

There's a reason I'll never collect Jefferson's, beyond a couple of Prooflike examples.

 

Thanks for the extended reply to my post, Lehigh. I have a better understanding of the TPG approach to grading Jeffs now, although personally I feel like I have one foot on a banana peel when it comes to the series.

 

I would have called it a MS66 FWIW.