I know what the TPG graded this puppy, maybe you do as well. Regardless of what you may or may not know, whats your opinion??
I'd give this coin a 64. Did you label the photo MS 70 as a joke or is this graded by some self-slabbing entity that slaps perfect grades on lower grade coins?
My first thought is MS-65 but the large image makes me wonder a bit. Maybe it's just the image but the obverse has a funny look to me. The dark areas are what make me wonder if the coin was worked on. The chin and neck have what looks like a tiny bit of rub but I'll guess that's just the plastic. AU-58 to MS-63.
http://stacksbowers.com/auctions/AuctionLot.aspx?LotID=323429 MS70 Technically, its not an MS70 sisnce the coin has been removed from the Pop Report but its being sold as a PCGS MS70 anyway.
Funnier things have happened in the past. However, PCGS has promised to contact Stacks-Bowers to address this specific offering. The coin is NOT in the PCGS Population Reports and its considered a "mechanical error". "Mechanical Error?" you ask. Yes, this stuff happens: I have no idea how the above happened but they just did. Not everybody that works for PCGS is a professional coin nut. The folks that print labels ceratinly do not have to know what a coin grades and the folks that put the slabs together don't either. It's just a job for them. I guess if I handled 150,000 coins a month, I'd probably screw up every now and again. (Even the US Mint screws up! ) Hopefully, the coin will get pulled and hopefully this "mistake" won't create an environment of questionability behind the other high grade IKE's that actually deserve the grade. I don't think there is anything worse than a collector having to "justify" his/her collection.
