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67RED. Not sure why it didn’t go RB but oh well.

 

A couple others to add to my list

 

These are all at PCGS right now. I’ll update with TV’s when they come back. There’s also a 41-D that has the the possibility to go 67BN and a 31-P that could go 65/66BN. I’m not expecting super high grades on the memorials since they will be part of a registry I’ve been building of raw coins bought in albums sub $50 each, strictly on eBay. It’s more of a way to show collectors that coins with great eye appeal can be obtained without having to spend $1000+.

 

he got a cracked head like mine

 

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They probably think they’re doing you a favor by designating this a Red. I have a 1941-D that was sold on Heritage 10-15 years ago with a group of 20-25 41-D’s That were obviously from the same roll. The cert numbers were sequential. Every coin in the group was given a grade of 67RB except for one or two 66RB’s. A couple of years ago I had the bright idea of having mine regraded thinking it would break the log jam of 67RB’s and maybe go 67+. I was mortified when it came back. Not only did it not upgrade, but dropped a grade and was given an RD designation. I eventually had it regraded and got the RB back, but not the numerical grade. I settled for a 66+. I still think it’s undergraded.

 

WOW!!!

 

Man, PCGS sucks....that's a BEAUTIFUL example. I assisted a friend for about 4 years with his PCGS submissions of memorial cents. I could not believe most of the grades we got back - for sure he had some top pops but they knocked 'em down 1 grade. Out of hundreds of submissions, he only achieved a single top pop in RB (it's also an example coin on their website today).

Honestly, I reviewed thousands of coins for him that he already whittled down from hundreds of OBW rolls - the best of the best of the best. Some damn near flawless coins with extreme luster (some of the best I've ever seen) and clean fields were submitted - conclusion: 100% PCGS keeps the top pops down intentionally. In many cases, we submitted coins that were obviously nicer than existing top pops, only to get dropped 1 point.

 

Did that happen to be part of "Ray's Hoard" from our very own CT? He found a miracle roll and sold them to other members - I own 2 of them. The others all came back 67 as I recall. I never submitted mine because I know I'd be the first 65's from the roll with my PCGS luck.

 

That was a great hoard of 41-D's. They were all from a single OBW roll. As I remember Robec got one of those as well. I still have a few that I kept back, plus one that someone else sent in that graded 67RB, and I bought it back from him.

My photos are not as flashy as TVs. The TV's I've seen from that hoard are outrageous.

 

I do have 2 from that hoard, but Rays hoard came a few years after the 1941-D I posted. Here are my 2 from Ray.

I do have 1 from that hoard, but Rays hoard came a few years after the 1941-D I posted. Here is mine from Ray.


Here is another 1941-D I have that was part of the hoard from the other 20+ hoard. This one is still in the original slab. The original cert number of the other 41-D ended with 03. The last time I checked most of the others from that same group still had the original numbers. They were all sequential if you have the interest to check them out.

 

my cracked head 57

 

A little blazer i Found for a couple of bucks.