Guess the grade: GOLD

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you know I am always listening

what I am interested in knowing is why are people calling this ms?

and if the pcgs is also calling it ms then what does it make them?

is it possible that pcgs has forgotten to grade?

 

AU58, MS61, MS62PL

I have to say, I don't know anything about this series and find gold extremely difficult to grade, but I can't ignore what seems to be field wear on the first coin and I am not sure that PCGS could ignore it either.

 

Totally unrealistic. It was obvious to all of the rest of us that they had been graded as uncirculated coins, which in my opinion, they are. Doug, face facts--your grading is overwhelmingly low, and punitive. How can people "learn from you" if you're consistently 1-2 grades or more BELOW what coins are actually grading in today's market. Perhaps it was different years ago (I would not agree that standards have changed as much as you say they have) but it is clear that your grades and the TPG standards are not congruent--nothing personal, just a rather obvious observation.

 

AU 58, EF 40, MS 62
Nice ones Dutchman

 

I'd say their in the xf condition ! I've collected lots of one dollar gold pieces, larger photos would help, thats for sure !!!!

 

I think you did not enlarge them. Once you click on them, they can get to about 18 inches on my computer. IMO, that is TOO large to grade from

 

you can make them this large

 

C'mon, Doug. You have even admitted you're not a coin collector any more. You aren't around coins as much as you used to be, and things have not changed all that much. I've been around them NONSTOP for over 40 years, and while some TPG standards have changed, it isn't as negative or dramatic as you portray it. Once again, two people--two opinions. Before you posted AU, all the posters were saying MS, so they are influenced by you--unfortunately, to grade overly severely.

 

Try reading what RLM wrote. Click on the images. They get as large as you wish.

 

You are so right sir, I've sent in coins to be graded, and when they came back, I thought they were graded to low, so I cut them out in resent them in and they came back at a higher grade then the first time !!!

 

I tried to enlarge them, and they came back the same size, maybe because the photos were taken with a camera !!!!

 

It's possible your system is blocking it. They blow up larger than can be seen on the monitor for the rest of us.

 

Could be that's for sure, I'm on my wife's mini dell !

 

Since were talking about grading, what does everyone think of the programs that the grading companies offer like: first day of issue, first strike, and so on ! I own both kinds of grades, and there's is a big different in grading standards on the program coins, compared to a regular graded coin, why is that ! I think the grading companies are ripping people off with their so called program coins !!!

 

Actually, once I get it into its own window (click on the arrow top left of the blow up), I can get it just about any size I desire from 3" up and I mean to the point where the nose and eye occupy my entire screen.

 

Thanks rim's cent, I'll try that !!!

 

I had two of the three as AU from the images. I'm not great at grading gold but have watched the change in standards for over 40 years. It has changed and few will argue that.

Almost every thread I have seen on gold, there is a really wide spread of opinions.
That tells me, I'm not the only one that has a tough time with them.