Something amiss on this?? Ebay 1901 S PCGS quarter

My bad...I see where your comment came from now. lol I'm a bit ditzy in my old age, 47.

 

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Old holder possibly? Because that coin in the auction is definitely what they would call a G-6 for a key date today. Possibly if you sent yours back in you could get it up to VG-8 or better today. As I have said before, I have seen 16-D dimes that lack full rims graded VG by the top services.

 

Quoted for truth.

This is one of my biggest gripes when it comes to TPG grading, the so-called "key date effect". It seems to this idiot that the TPGs grade key date coins to a different standard than the rest of the coins. For instance, if you submitted an 1887 IHC and an 1877 IHC in the same grade, the coins would come back with the 1877 graded one to two grades higher. Please note, I'm speaking for circulated examples not mint state.

 

Major, if yours has full rims, as you state it does and it only graded a G-6, than perhaps it might be worth getting into that safe, checking it again and resubmitting. Please let us know what you do and how you make out.

 

Remember guys, TPGs don't technical grade coins, they market grade them.

Said another way, a really attractive coin that doesn't have full rims can get graded higher if its a nice looking example.

Nothing new here, really, but I'm concerned that this may be lost as we continue to discuss technical grading attributes (i.e. rims) on coins that are not graded by the TPGs to that scale (and yes, I know what they say in their grading standards -- I'm talking real world here).

Market grading (TPG) != technical grading (ANA).

NOTE: That's not to say one method is any better than the other -- there are certainly merits in both -- but rather that they are different and we should be careful in mixing them.

 

I'd like to see images of his coin - as I mentioned previously, maybe there are factors/problems other than wear that account for its grade. He probably could have provided images in less time than it has taken him to post to this thread.

 

Perhaps. I'm fairly confident there are other problems. As GD stated also, I don't think I've ever seen and under-graded Key Date by a TPG.::goofer:

 

I think you guys are saying the same thing.

 

I think it is a solid G-4. Not a G-6, but definitely better than AG-3

 

okay:
On the 1913 S VG-10, that is a clear VG-8:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1913-S-SILVER-B...mQQptZCoins_US_Individual?hash=item3ca6aaf92a

The 1913 S AG, is a near FA-2, just makes an AG.

on that 01s, G-6, close, but..........

 

I honestly think that most companies, dealers, cutsomers, collectors, etc. etc. throw out the rule book on grading when it comes to key dates. I think half the time their common sense follows that rule book right on out the door.

 

Try G04

I don't do resubmissions--David Hall has enough $$ already.
Besides, the coin speaks for itself and is heads and shoulders above the Ebay G06.

 

well since you won't post a picture, I guess we can't confirm or refute the grading.

 

Bingo!

Like I said, I am an 'ol fart and have no idea how to take and post a coin photo.

 

bingo! Bingo! Bingo!

 

At $5101 it fetched a decent price!