gtg: photo cert edition!

1881S morgan... what a neat part of numismatic history...always wanted a photo cert.. now to figure out how to store it....n the meantime guess
Oh and BTW there is a grade for the front AND back so you have to guess BOTH grades to win!! Who loves a challenge?

 

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I never heard of "photo certification grading" but I kinda like it. That way you can still have put it in your album but not wonder what the grade is.

 

Charlie this was how they authenticated and graded coins before slabs! Thats why ive always wanted one... Anacs actually started the whole thing in 1972 if im not mistaken.. These are pretty scarce from what i can gather. Also they grade both sides of the coin which is cool too!

 

MS-65

 

As far as storing Capitol Plastic use to make a holder for these, you may want to try eBay
65/64

 

MS 65PL

 

Now a capital holder is a GREAT IDEA! The search begins.... Man when you focus on 1 series things can really start to click! I have been on a terror lately finding undergraded/undervalued, raw steals,vams, toners... Over the last year or 2 not only have i made some. extra $ but ive added some beautiful coins to my collection as well! I just love this hobby!

 

Yeah I knew ANACS was the first company to start 3rd party grading and you did guess the correct year.
I never knew that when they first started, the did it like that, I thought slabs were from day one and never saw one graded like that. Really Interesting though.
My question is though, can that still be done today? Reason I ask, I have a 1891-S Morgan Silver Dollar (my profile picture) and I personally graded it a 63, but I'm no expert either and am curious on what, for example, NGC would say.

 

No i dont believe they do it like this anymore.. The way i see it, you have 2 options... Do a gtg here and let the community take a stab( you can even make poll of it) OR send into anacs(cheap) and leave the coin or crack it out if you dont like slabs.. id love to see both sides btw i just sold an 1891s today...oh and i think its cool that you like coins at age 17 i wish i started at your age i would probably be a millionaire today if i did

 

I pretty much agree with you, I will usually just ask the people on here the grade and what ever averages works for me, I have not sent a coin out for grading ever sometime I would like to because just asking the grade off of blurry photos may not be enough.

 

Coin man i havent either, thats what makes this site so useful... the guys and gals here have a sharp eye for the most part... now i will find out in a month or 2 if i made the right call on the 1891s or not.. sold for $200 raw... if i woulda had it graded i wouldnt have made as much $ on it if comes back 64... if it comes back 65 ill probably cry as its a $1700 coin @ that point.....But by selling it today i was able to pick up this cert and the 1886 in the other gtg thread.

 

I just like to buy them slabbed, it's a better deal than paying $200 for a coin than $50 to get it slabbed and having to mail it out and wait a couple weeks to get it back even though you could buy it already slabbed less cost and inconvenience.

 

65

 

Well I certainly appreciate the complement. I got into coins about 7 years ago and just came back from a break in the hobby. Not to brag (cause for one, I'm sure it's much smaller compared to some here) but.... in silver was hitting between 38 and 44 dollars a couple years back, the scrap value of my silver collection was somewhere between 5 and 7 thousand, don't remember exactly being that long ago but for someone around 14-15 at the time...... I think I'm doing alright

I will get pictures of that coin up shortly and we'll see what happens.

 

I remember when those were the only sort of certified coins. This were great days. Now I go to shows and see piles of plastic instead of coins.

65/64

 

I would say 64 obv / 65 rev
Nice photo cert. But seriously, it could be any other 1881S Morgan on that picture

 

64/65

I had at least one photograde before. Very neat part of numismatic history. To some, that piece of photograde paper is more collectible than the actual coin.

 

66

 

I am not sure if ANACS was using a full 11 point mint state scale at that time. If not, I predict, they called this MS65/MS65. I'll call it MS66, maybe MS66+.

 

Drum roll please.....