not sure how i feel.....

Got the results from PCGS on 4 submittals for Washington Quarters...

1932 - me= MS65; PCGS= AU58
1943 - me= AU50; PCGS= MS65
1945S - ms= AU55; PCGS= MS64
1946S - me= AU55; PCGS= MS65

From a "what did u pay" vs PCGS price guide comparison.... I broke even.

The obvious answer is "better work on your grading skills, dude"

 

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Based on those results I think you should start on learning the difference between circulated and uncirculated; you need to learn what to look for and where to look.

 

kick me when i down...fine, i can take it
point in the right direction yoda

 

If you thought a common coin was AU why even get it graded in the first place. Next time buy it slabbed. You will save more money that way when you purchase common coins that are worth close to melt.

 

Thanks...point taken
...but I think you know the "deal" is always the coin in raw state
Sometimes it is not obvious what the grade is when buying online or thru a website.
The "my" grade is what I thought when it was in my hands after the purchase.
I always buy raw.
One way to look at the results is "you tend to undergrade yourself"

 

I don't want you to think I meant to hurt you. In the future you should be like will spending $15 to get it graded increase the coins value by $15 or more. I'm not sure if you paid using cash or certificates. That is just how I think. But hey, I don't think you did too bad considering most came back as MS anyway. We are all just trying to help.

 

I didn't take your (or Hobo's) comment the wrong way... we're good
****...some people are ok with a VG on a 32 :thumb:

 

I think you did just fine.
Not only did you admit to need to work on your gradeing but the way you did it was the right way.
Until the big boys grade them will you ever know for sure where you are going wrong.
Good job in my opinion.

 

You bought them raw. It appears to me you purchased the coins and not the slabs.

 

It's how we learn, I don't think you did to bad either actually. You could crack them out, send them in again and get them back with a different grade completely. You never really know how it's gonna turn out no matter what ANYBODY says, they are all guesses. That is what you learned today,

 

Uhhh...yep!

In all seriousness, nobody is perfect, but you should know more about a series before you submit coins for grding if you are that far off. It is probably a good thing that you undergraded on 3 of the 4. But it is one thing to mistake an AU58 for an MS 63 or an MS63 for an Au58.....it is another thing to mistake an MS65 for an AU50. Don't worry about the grading and slabbing and all that jazz for now. Study the coin series first. Things worked out OK for you this time, but they may not next time.

 

Besides what Doug said - I think you answered your own post. As long as you learn and improve that is the key.

 

I'm pretty sure this has happened to all of us at one point or another. I can tell this, it's happened to me. Keep at it bud.....DEX

 

Thought:

If you thought that
1943 - me= AU50; PCGS= MS65
1945S - ms= AU55; PCGS= MS64
1946S - me= AU55; PCGS= MS65


Why the heck did you submit them?

 

Yeah, I'm certainly not very experienced at grading, but among my attempts to grade coins, Washingtons have always seemed one of the most difficult.

 

Too bad about your location or I'dd show you some Au and various Unc Washingtons.

 

I am not trying to sound defensive or make excuses here... but you have to remember.... I do not have any "professionally" graded coins. I have 35 years worth of raw coins and graded by myself by looking at "The Official Numistic Association Granding Standards for US Coins, 6th edition". Pictures in that book are a rough guide at best.
If I had some slabbed coins for comparative purposes, I might have done better. These four were my first "poke" at this game.

 

I don't mean to sound rude, but what other responses did you expect to elicit from posting this thread? There's not much else we can say.

 

no problem..

What I thought someone would say is " You should use <insert name here> referenece guide. It is the best pictortial guide available for quarters and should help you upgrade your grading skills."