Sacagawea, Native American, and Presidential Dollars average grade

I am going through the process of cataloging my collection and I was wondering what the average grade was for uncirculated Sac's, NA's, and Pres. Dollars. From going through a few rolls it seems to me that most of these coins fall out at MS62-MS64. Do you think that is too high of an average. Like some people, my skills at grading between MS60 and MS70 aren't very good, and I find those grades to often be subjective to the grader at the time.

Thoughts?

 

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I can't say for the Native American or Prez dollars, but I've searched many, many bags and rolls of Sac's, and I think the average grades are more like MS64/65.

Chris

 

These are some of the hardest to grade in my opinion. To some graders the finish is important. To others, the surface imperfections are all that matters (dents, dings, scratches, etc). Since grading is much more art than science, and opinion is a driving factor, I would try and look at a lot of graded coins from the top two recognized grading services to get a feel for how these are graded....long before I took a serious shot at trying....seems there is a lot of "that looks okay" finish items, where same issue on different spot has significant impact on grade....have the same challenge with the satin finish coins from mint sets 2005-2010...if all flaws in the finish are all bad, toning is all bad because it is a change to the finish....and given how early Golden Dollars have changed/toned/etc....it could be impossible to tell the finish issue versus the natural toning. Good luck.