Harsh grade on a bust quarter?

I'm not offended at all. The TPGs giving details grades like this or "cleaned", not "harshly cleaned or improperly cleaned" but just "cleaned" is part of the reason I'm moving into ancients. I just don't think it's unreasonable for a coin 100,150 or 200 years old to have been wiped or scuffed or dropped sometime in its history. TPGs and obviously many collectors disagree with that.

I agree that there is a scratch on the coin, however I disagree that it's a problem. We are just different kinds of collectors. Lucky for us this hobby takes all types.

 

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That one would likely straight grade at pcgs 8/10. Their fairly forgiving on scratches especially on early silver when their toned over. Ngc tougher on scratches but more forgiving on early copper I've never sent anything anywhere else as in my opinion it's a waste of money. Any other slabs I treat the coin as authentic but raw and would buy to crack out and send to the big 2

 

I agree, it's not unreasonable to think. But that's what makes the ones that have been able to "dodge these bullets" all these years that much more valuable and collectible.

So the real question is whether a coin with a minor problem fits in YOUR collection. What's right for you, may or may not be right for someone else. If you must have problem free coins, than the one you posted does not fit in your collection. If on the other hand, you believe a coin with minor problems is not an issue, than it does fit.

 

Nice coin for a Dansco type set.

 

XF-45, and looks like an old cleaning to me

 

The scratch doesn't bother me, as I don't see it as a details coin. It is not an AU coin in my opinion--I think PCGS or NGC would have graded it as an XF 45. It does look like it was dipped and retoned, but that is common for coins from that era.