Late last year, sent in four PCGS coins for regrade. I carefully selected these four because I was confident they'd each regrade .5 points higher. These four were all older certs and all were older, beat up holders I was hoping to replace. Results were largely successful; not quite the +.5 across the board I'd hoped for, but still very satisfying -- The pinnacle of my limited 2024 additions, my 1900 Lafayette dollar remained MS62. This 1936 Wisconsin went from MS66 up to MS67! Quite a huge win for me! One of my most colorful Franklins went from MS66FBL to MS66+FBL. A minor and expected bump. Very happy with how the photo turned out! And lastly, this Franklin remained MS65FBL. I'm relieved after finally seeing the TrueViews. I'd recently seen some feedback from folks about the deteriorating quality of TrueView, but can say in my case, I think these look great. What are your thoughts? Do you agree with the new grades; or think they should lower/higher?
That is one clean looking Wisconsin Half. Congratulations. Also, even at a 62 that Lafayette Dollar looks really nice.
Those pictures look good, especially that '57 Franklin! Any kind of upgrade in regrading sounds like a win. Maybe it's just that you've got very photogenic coins, but if they've solved the problem of their recent photo-woes then that's great news.
Congrats on the upgrades and it's good to see that your photos turned out well. I'm still not ready to trust the PCGS TrueViews but do hope they are heading in the right direction. As far as my thoughts on regrade-I know that many times it is not worth the grading fees but I understand the desire to see if the coins do upgrade (it's hard to stare at them for a while and wonder what could be). I would say that regrade is best used when you have a coin you don't want to see downgrade. If you are confident that the coins won't go down or if a one point decrease does not really change the value much, then I would tend to suggest cracking and submitting raw. This way you avoid any bias from the current grade (even if the TPGs claim they don't take that into account) and you give the graders a better look at the coin (nothing is obscured by a cloudy/scratched holder).
I could look at that Wisconsin half all day. That thing, for a MS67, is way too pretty. I really don't know why that's not a 67+.
