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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;iPen, post: 2758022, member: 69760&quot;]I think I should send these off for my next submission, to either PCGS or NGC, along with some of my world coins that are still on their way. But before then, can you all please grade my grades and my short analysis of how I came to those grades? Maybe you all want to grade first before seeing what I have to say, so I put spoilers up.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry for the poor pics - the first set were taken by the seller since it&#039;s still incoming, and the second set were taken by me.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>+ </b>1909 VDB Wheat Cent<i> - Frosty </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[Spoiler]<b>MS-65 RD:&nbsp; </b>I think that much of the non-red color comes from the frosty devices / legends. The circular blotch may be slightly distracting to some collectors, but I don&#039;t mind it as much, and it&#039;s a small blotch. Rim toning doesn&#039;t seem to take away too much from the red color.</p><p><br /></p><p>All-in-all, it seems to be a borderline RB-RD color, but I&#039;m going with RD. Also, although this coin is slabbed by ANACS, I&#039;m completely ignoring the grade they assigned to it. It&#039;s a different grade altogether and I disagree with what they&#039;re saying, for better or for worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>And, I don&#039;t see too many frosty 1909 VDB Wheat Cents. I&#039;ve bought several and ended up submitting 5 of them to PCGS, and none of the ones I&#039;ve bought raw or have seen on the &#039;Bay have this level of frostiness. Though, they&#039;ve all been raw, and I usually don&#039;t look at slab examples except as an impromptu reference just like PCGS&#039;s Photograde. So, maybe the frostiness on the VDB cents aren&#039;t as unique as I&#039;m thinking.[/Spoiler]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]633147[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]633151[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>-----------------------------------------------</p><p><br /></p><p><b>+</b> 1893 Columbian Half Dollar</p><p><br /></p><p>[Spoiler]<b>MS-64+</b>:&nbsp; Just a few too many hairlines... sharp strike with traces of cameo throughout the devices and legends, which are more prominent on the reverse.[/Spoiler]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]633152[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]633154[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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