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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 904694, member: 15309&quot;]Spartan,</p><p><br /></p><p>PCGS will authenticate and encapsulate problem coins but they will not assign them a grade.&nbsp; The reason code is found in the first section of numbers.&nbsp; The numbering system works like this:</p><p><br /></p><p>coin number.numerical grade/serial number</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, the coin you linked in your E-Bay auction is a 1898 Barber Quarter.&nbsp; The first 4 digit number is the coin number.&nbsp; An 1898 Barber Quarter is 5619.&nbsp; An 1898-S Barber Quarter is 5620.&nbsp; This number is followed by a period and a two digit code.&nbsp; Under normal circumstances, the two digit code will be the numerical grade of the coin.&nbsp; If the coin is a problem coin PCGS will assign one of the following no grade codes to the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>No Grade Description Printed&nbsp; Description Holdered </p><p>82 Filed Rims Yes Yes </p><p>83 Peeling Lamination&nbsp; No No </p><p>84 Holed and Plugged Yes Yes </p><p>90 Not Genuine No No </p><p>91&nbsp; Questionable Color No Yes </p><p>92 Cleaning No Yes </p><p>93 Planchet Flaw No&nbsp; Yes </p><p>94 Altered Surfaces No Yes </p><p>95 Scratch / Rim Dent&nbsp; No Yes </p><p>97&nbsp; Environmental Damage No Yes </p><p>98 Damage No Yes </p><p>99 PVC Residue No&nbsp; No </p><p><br /></p><p>After the grading code there is a / followed by the serial number for the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is not a dumb question, however it does concern me.&nbsp; If you think that you can accurately judge a coin&#039;s surfaces from those terrible tilted photos, then you have a problem.&nbsp; PCGS bagged this coin for being cleaned and the seller is offering an small blurry tilted photo in a transparent attempt to hide the cleaning.&nbsp; It might not look that bad to you but I promise if you saw a large clear photo of this coin you would easily be able to detect the cleaning that earned the coin a GENUINE grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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