Used to be a NGC MS64

The obverse tone is pretty heavy, and sometimes I suspect that the TPG'S use up their "8 seconds per coin" trying to ensure its not a counterfeit, not fake toning, not cleaned, instead of actually grading the coin appropriately.

 

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Double-edged sword. I suspect 67's can be found in 65 slabs as well as 63's.

 

The eight seconds you mention is a farcical myth cooked up by someone, somewhere and spread to your ears about TPG's. There is no one on the planet who could keep that rate of speed up for any length of time. SILVER EAGLES EXCEPTED - that's why so much crap gets graded MS/PR-70 and hand lens are not needed. I've heard some TPG's say their job is like working in a sweat mill on occasion.

I will say in defense of the eight second myth: Most professional numismatists can probably arrive at a suitable grade for a coin in a little less time. However, a grader must remove the flip from a box; remove the coin from the flip; examine the coin (this will take longer if it is an important coin, a suspect coin, a borderline grade, or if he/she uses a hand lens); key in his grade; enter it; key in next coin; put coin in flip; return coin to box - DONE. All while paying attention to what MAY be going on in the room around him.

Try that at home and time yourself while doing all the steps above. I just did a few and it took twenty to twenty-two seconds for three coins using a hand lens. So, do at least three coins and HOPFULLY others will try this experiment in this thread. Then we may get closer to the actual time a coin is seen in the grading room.
It should be entertaining.

 

Love it, the toning is beautiful.

 

If you base all of your purchases on what the slab says, I suggest buying the coin and not the slab.

 

I'm kinda hating you again right now CBD

I haven't played the upgrade or crossover game yet but every thread like this makes me wanna start. WTG!

 

Oh come on... I may make $100 profit IF I'm extremely lucky and someone pays for the toning. Remember, I sunk more into it with grading fees and about to even more with CAC.

 

I get that and it's not this nice little score specifically. It's the coins in my collection that can jump big if I get just a grade or maybe two higher that I think about after threads like these

 

HAS ANYONE TRIED THIS YET? Just to be more clear it took me tweny to twenty-two seconds to grade each of three coins.

 

Has anyone tried this yet? It took me twenty to twenty-two seconds to grade each coin of the three.

 

I think it will get the green bean. The toning is rather attractive to people who like toned coins, and walkers are sometimes difficult to find with that kind of toning.

 

Might make a good new thread!

 

Market grading.

 

@ C-B-D: "Might make a good new thread!"

Not if no one (even you) tried it and posted the results!

 

64 or 66, it is a beautifully toned coin.

 

To me, it's a really pretty coin. Can't argue with the 66 grade. Nice work on getting the upgrade.

 

Very Very nice coin. It seems these days a lot of people go over board on there grading.
I would vey much like to have this coin in my collection. Thanks for sharing it.

 

Nice upgrade. I think ngc has been brutal lately. I sent some walkers that I thought 64-5 on and they came back 62. What a waste of money on them. They're not really worth cracking again but I may try the best at pcgs in an economy and see what they say

 

To those saying the coin is overgraded as an MS66, why would CBD crack the coin out for resubmission if he didn't think it would upgrade?