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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;1865King, post: 8437798, member: 103207&quot;]In my opinion it looks like an AU coin how they gave it a VF 35 is beyond me.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A point on grading.&nbsp;&nbsp; You don&#039;t need to an expert on every series of coin to grade a coin.&nbsp; The only time that comes in play is when a coin is known for weak striking like the 1921 Peace dollar.&nbsp;&nbsp; Over time you can judge a coin&#039;s grade based on experience.&nbsp; The other thing to avoid is a coin that was bumped up a grade or two just because of rarity.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>About 10 years ago I saw at least 10 but likely a lot more 1877 Indian cents that were way over graded.&nbsp;&nbsp; I saw AG&#039;s being graded as G4 or G6.&nbsp;&nbsp; I saw coins that were actually a G4 or G6 being graded VG8 and VG10.&nbsp;&nbsp; This went on for about 2 years.&nbsp; PCGS did it.&nbsp; So just because a coin is rare isn&#039;t a reason to bump up the grade a point or two.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s actually ripping people off.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s because most people that are willing to pay for that rare coin know what the coin should look like at a certain grade level.&nbsp;&nbsp; Those that don&#039;t and bought the over graded 1877 Indians will have trouble selling their coin claiming the coin is a higher grade than it actually is.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As far as the half crown.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would leave it in the slab and wait a year or two and crack it out and send it in again.&nbsp; Or take it to a major show, cover the grade and ask someone to look at it that specializes in those coins to give their opinion.&nbsp; If they call it an AU coin, then you know for sure that NGC messed up.&nbsp; However, before you do this tell the dealer you&#039;re not trying to sell the coin you&#039;re just looking for an opinion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I would also like to point out that both PCGS &amp; NGC have made mistakes on the slab labels.&nbsp; I have a British proof set from 1927 that two of the coins have the wrong label on them.&nbsp; Both coins are in the set, but the labels were swapped.&nbsp; I have a few other coins with the wrong labels too.&nbsp;&nbsp; So, it&#039;s possible your VF 35 is a typing error, or the wrong label was put in your slab and your label was put into someone else&#039;s slab.&nbsp;&nbsp; This happens more often that people think.&nbsp; Also forget about quality control.&nbsp; The last inspection is by the person packing up the coin to send back to you and likely has no idea what they are looking at.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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