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<p>[QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 421727, member: 2972"]About a month ago I decided to send a few coins to PCGS for grading. Here are the results of that submission:</p><p><br /></p><p>Line # Item # Cert # PCGS No. CoinDate Denomination Variety Country Grade </p><p>1 1 13546529 7590 1889 G$1 US MS65 </p><p>2 1 13546530 9177 1924 $20 US Cleaned </p><p>3 1 13546531 9034 1898-S $20 US MS62 </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are photos of the coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>MS 65 (I expected a 64): </p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90798581/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90798584/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/59918127/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/59918147/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaned (I expected either a 58 or 63):</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90972922/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90972932/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>MS 62 (I expected a 63):</p><p><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90757427/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90757566/medium.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is worth noting that I purchased all these coins raw off eBay in 2005. Yes, you read that right.</p><p><br /></p><p>All in all, I am pleased with the service from PCGS, but I must admit I'm still scratching my head as to how the dollar graded 65 (perhaps given the bump for the prooflike surfaces?!?), and also what evidence of cleaning I must have missed on the St. Gaudens.</p><p><br /></p><p>Have fun...Mike</p><p><br /></p><p>p.s. thanks to Mark Feld for submitting the coins for me. For those (three) of you who don't know Mark, he's a great guy and wonderful to work with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Leadfoot, post: 421727, member: 2972"]About a month ago I decided to send a few coins to PCGS for grading. Here are the results of that submission: Line # Item # Cert # PCGS No. CoinDate Denomination Variety Country Grade 1 1 13546529 7590 1889 G$1 US MS65 2 1 13546530 9177 1924 $20 US Cleaned 3 1 13546531 9034 1898-S $20 US MS62 Here are photos of the coins: MS 65 (I expected a 64): [IMG]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90798581/medium.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90798584/medium.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/59918127/medium.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/59918147/medium.jpg[/IMG] Cleaned (I expected either a 58 or 63): [IMG]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90972922/medium.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90972932/medium.jpg[/IMG] MS 62 (I expected a 63): [IMG]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90757427/medium.jpg[/IMG][IMG]http://www.pbase.com/miker/image/90757566/medium.jpg[/IMG] It is worth noting that I purchased all these coins raw off eBay in 2005. Yes, you read that right. All in all, I am pleased with the service from PCGS, but I must admit I'm still scratching my head as to how the dollar graded 65 (perhaps given the bump for the prooflike surfaces?!?), and also what evidence of cleaning I must have missed on the St. Gaudens. Have fun...Mike p.s. thanks to Mark Feld for submitting the coins for me. For those (three) of you who don't know Mark, he's a great guy and wonderful to work with.[/QUOTE]
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