That’s classic sat-in-an-album-for-20-years toning.
XF-45
Unless I am mistaken, NGC graded it (correctly) as cleaned. It was then sent to PCGS. Seems like NGC is getting much more conservative lately.
Your pictures drown out all luster, so I am guessing based on the details. XF-45 VF-35 AU-53 VF-30 VF-25 VF-35 VF-20 VF-35 VF-25 VF-30
Which is why I like it. :)
Good call. I don’t like messing with it either.
There’s much less luster than I thought. AU-50 max. But still undergraded imo.
Interesting NGC MS-66 I just saw. Far more marks than on my coin. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
The graders spend 10 seconds tops on each coin on average. Adding 30 seconds to that would quadruple the turnaround time.
Because it takes time
MS-64 According to baseball21’s standards, it is probably an MS-61.
I decided to look at your last message to see what straw you would grasp on to. I have never claimed to be an expert grader. I am extremely good...
It looks like sliding friction between coins to me under a 10x loupe (something I had not noticed before). But it is still not circulation wear....
Crossover. It did not cross for some reason :(
This thread became so much nicer with the ignore button :) A coin without circulation wear is MS. A coin with circulation wear in is not. The...
I bought that coin in May, and I sent it to NGC in the beginning of August, back when US coins were still a pursuit. I just got it back today.
This coin is not perfect and would never straight-grade to TPG standards. But it would NEVER be considered a piece of junk by anyone with any...
Nah. It just means they are the most popular. Marketing does magical things.
Which baseball team has the largest fan base, and which is currently performing the best? They are not necessarily the same things. Sigmund...
Also, I bash PCGS insofar to demonstrably show that they are not as great as everyone thinks they are. If I had my way, then none of the TPGs...
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