Guess the grade #282

1918- NGC slabbed

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Nice coin, capable of receiving a 66 but I think NGC graded it an MS65

 

MS-65RB..neat cent!

 

I'm thinking 65 , but 66 wouldn't suprise me .

 

64n1... nice coin.

 

65 very nice coin!

 

Hummmmm.....what mood was NGC in on this day?

 

Sorry, but I really did not like the way this coin looked in the pictures. A details coin to me - all if it around the color, it just did not look right to me.

 

The more I look I'm thinking 64 , maybe 65 .

 

63

 

64

 

Went 64 , but 65 wouldn't suprise me . The fields are mark free but the face looks like it has a little rub on it .

 

I will be closing this and http://www.cointalk.com/t194440/ tonight.

 

I suspect this one came from some kind of album. The obverse is nice, but nothing spectacular. Nice strike, minimal marks and fair luster. That reverse pops even more in hand than in the pictures with full luster. The obverse might be a little marginal for a 65, but that reverse more than makes up for it. PCGS called it a 65.

 

Biggest change is that we lost someone and Lincoln Cents moved in.

Top 10. Columns are rank, name, average, and number of guesses.

1. Leadfoot 0.444 38
2. BadThad 0.467 47
3. ddoomm1 0.486 37
4. ldhair 0.500 26
5. swhuck 0.500 48
6. rzage 0.520 27
7. bahabully 0.532 49
8. jcakcoin 0.639 38
9. Lincoln Cents 0.667 26
10. mark_h 0.667 50

 

Dick I always thought the obverse carried the coin , like you said the reverse is a solid 65+ but the obverse is marginal , how much weight do you think they give each side ? Should have went with my 1st guess which was a 65 . LOL Hindsight is 20-20 .

 

RLM, not that I care much,,, but my score cannot have gone up after just nailing both coins... went from .556 to .617. Also didn't move any last week after going .500......nore did my grade count go up last week,, stayed at 47...

I think you got my calculation set up wrong.

 

OOPS! I put the coin scores in backward. i.e. everybody's score was wrong. It is fixed now.

 

I have heard 60/40, but Doug grades the worst. Just to clarify, I could see a 65 for the obverse, but I would grade the reverse a 66. Either way still gets a 65.

 

In my opinion a coin is graded by the obverse, then the reverse is looked at such that it doesn't contain damage or other problems to reduce the obverse grade. A reverse virtually cannot upgrade a coin. I'd call it 80/20 or 70/30 before 60/40.

The above is true for numerical grading. When considering color, both sides are taken into account, but slightly more weight (60/40) is given to the obverse.

IMO, of course, and I would be very interested in someone who really knows what they are talking about, like Mr. Feld, to pipe up.