How do you grade a pre 1965 Washington quarter What is NGC/PCGS going to look for ? What makes it a good strike? I have some raw quarters I want to send in but I dont know much on how o grade them
PCGS.com Photograde - Washington/Grades The Official Guide to Coin Grading and Counterfeit Detection, 2nd Edition
Copy and paste from another public page: VG8 Very Good - Wing tips outlined. Rims are fine and even. Tops of letters at rim are flattened. F12 Fine - Hairlines about ear are visible. Tiny feathers on eagle's breast are faintly visible. VF20 Very Fine - Most hair details show. Wing feathers are clear. EF40 Extremely Fine - Hairlines sharp. Wear spots confined to top of eagle's legs and center of breast. MS60 Uncirculated - No trace of wear but can have many contact marks. Surface may be spotted, or luster faded. MS63 Select Uncirculated - No trace of wear. Light blemishes. Attractive mint luster. MS64 Uncirculated - Shows a few scattered contact marks. Good eye appeal and attractive luster. MS65 Choice Uncirculated - Only light scattered contact marks that are not distracting. Strong luster, good eye appeal.
Edssco- You may also want to take a look at the PCGS price guide to see if you think it would even be worth the fees of submitting. http://www.pcgs.com/prices/default.aspx
unless they happen to be rare dates they should be in the upper ms range before you consider sending them in. Just because the cost of grading will be more than they coins are worth.
Thanks for the info so far,I do have quite a few from 1932 on but no 32-d or s. all Uncirculated + .I want to pick the higher grade ones to send in to NGC . I know general things like nicks and bag marks ,luster , I like a coin with a good field .Dimes have FT Halfs have FBL Nickels FS ect but Quarters I dont know that much about
