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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sundance79, post: 2625527, member: 84413&quot;]I’m new to the board but I’ve been collecting coins since 1966. Over the years I’ve drifted in and out of ‘collecting’ but the last couple of years I’ve been on another collecting spree, mostly ATB 5oz and some other US silver. Anyway – I have 2 1938-D Buffalo nickels that I bought around 1968 at BU (I sure some of you can remember when there were only uncirculated and brilliantly uncirculated coins to add to your collection.) I think I might have paid about $2.75 each (Which was two weeks allowance at the time). They are twins – both beautifully toned. This coin is a prime example of value related to the high-end MS grades from MS67 to MS70. Value as a MS67 not much, value at MS70 - $$$$.</p><p><br /></p><p>I was doing all this because I’m in the process of selecting my first batch of coins to send into PCGS for grading. If this coin comes back as anything less than an MS69 or 68 I probably wasted my money. But at MS69 or 70 it was a good investment. (I have a 20th-century type collection that I put together many years ago with all uncirculated coins.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Some background on me - in my early days I was considered by many in my coin club to be an outstanding coin grader. I have a great eye for detail.</p><p><br /></p><p>So – I looked online at a number of Buffalos graded between MS67 and MS70. I only considered very good photos (HIRES) of PCGS coins. I was looking for bag marks and good strikes as the differentiating points between the grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>After an evening of scanning photos I&#039;m at a total loss for where my coin might come it. I swear I saw MS69s that didn’t look as good as some MS67s. After a while I started to just compare strikes mainly looking at how clear the <i>E Pluribus Unum</i> was on the reverse. Again I saw MS67s and 68s with clearer strikes than some MS69s.</p><p><br /></p><p>So figured I’d give the group a challenge to “Grade that Coin.” I attached a photo (the color is pretty close to the actually light bronze tone of the coin). Look at it and see what you’d grade the coin as. But also state why you think is would grade at your given grade and not the next grade higher. Then I’ll send it into PCGS and we’ll see what their ‘experts’ think it is. Unless I get a bunch of people telling me is would probably grade at below MS68 I won’t be sending it into the PCGS for grading.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5">Anyone up for playing this game?</font></p><p><br /></p><p>KenF[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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