Most trusted grading service?

Sounds good. Maybe a GTG (guess the grade)?

 

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yep! My understanding is my coins should be delivered this afternoon.

 

Praying you receive them today.

 

well they came back and im speechless. Here is my first coin. Let me know what you think. View attachment 1589690

 

I guess MS-64.

By the way, you should block the Certification Number. (I didn't cheat )

 

Thanks for being honest!

 

Very nice and I think it was a MS-64 grade. I don’t think the, shall I say, cut on the obverse by the 2 lower left stars was enough to bring it down to a 63.

 

nut, I saw an example of a 1896s, ms65 on PCGS with a similar line. The line or scratch isn’t the problem here. They say my coins are cleaned? lol. Not in the last 45 years that I’ve owned them but cleaned is what they say they are. Kind of a disappointment at best.

 

I was wondering if it was cleaned. If you look in the circles of the date, the 8, 9 and the 6, and on the reverse by the word UNUM, you can see a tiny bit of dirt and what appears to be toning, the gold is a different color. I do think it’s a very old cleaning and it was well done.

 

funny you should bring it up. I’m thinking back to when I purchased these at an estate sale auction back in the late 80s early 90s. The auctioneer who sold them was most likely the guilty party. I can see them buffing the coins up before the auction to make them nice and shiny! And in steps Dan, not knowing much about coins but thinking they look nice and clean! Live and learn! Now to decide what to do with them?

 

Just hang onto them for now. Gold is going to be rising in the near future. Actually, all PM’s will be rising. If you look closely in the clear fields you can see minor scratches from the polisher.

 

Nut, Holding on to these is a good idea but maybe not in coin form. PMs are going up in price and that's all well and dandy but at $2000 or $4000 per ounce, it doesn't matter. Collectors will pass on these. I'll have to weigh my options. Sell, melt, trade, or just put them away are all a possibility.
As for the polish marks, I only see questionable marks and scratches on the 1896. On the other coins, the cleaning issues are just not noticeable to these untrained eyes.

 

Whoever did clean and/or polish them did a good job. It’s barely noticeable. As the price of gold fluctuates so does the value of your coin as the coin contains a specific amount of gold. It’s also dated and has a set number that were minted. If low, it will add to the value. I think gold will go up enough in the near future that you will be able to sell it, as is, as recover your costs.

 

That is not a factual statement, at all.

 

Charley, I’ll have to keep an eye on the sale of coins in the future that have been cleaned, touched, or polished and sold. Thanks for the encouragement.

 

You are not going to have a problem because there are many collectors of these types of coins/holders.

 

I was looking for comparisons between TPGs, and rather than start a new topic, I found this one. It is generally accepted that PCGS and NGC get higher resell prices than ANACS. But having recently gotten back into collecting, I'm not sure why. I've acquired slabs from all 3 sources. Honestly, from my humbling sample size of seeing them in hand, ANACS is just as tough on grading as the other two, and in a couple of instances, more conservative. Does anyone else see the same thing? I'm beginning to think the "big two" are catering to dealer volume rather than the coin itself.

 

PCGS

 

Since we appear to be involved in my mom can beat your mom, why is PCGS the most trusted service?

 

That's coolaid drinking w/o nuances.

Barney, generally all of the five have their niches!

PCGS used to receive the highest prices for US, that may or may not be shifting to CACG.

NGC has a better reputation for world coins.

ANACS is fast and less expensive for simple authentication (and does authenticate more varieties than NGC or PCGS). You will see lower sales prices for equivalent grades.

ICG are the only TPG to encapsulate counterfeit coins in their "educational" slabs. Which is about the only way other than DIY to protect them.

CACG is definitely harsher on wear and generally on problem coins, currently letting far fewer slide through. There is a feeling that other TPGs assign penalty points instead of details grades on really rare coins.