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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 421727, member: 2972&quot;]About a month ago I decided to send a few coins to PCGS for grading.&nbsp;&nbsp; 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&nbsp; 1889 G$1&nbsp;&nbsp; US MS65&nbsp; </p><p>2 1 13546530 9177&nbsp; 1924 $20&nbsp;&nbsp; US Cleaned&nbsp; </p><p>3 1 13546531 9034&nbsp; 1898-S $20&nbsp;&nbsp; US MS62&nbsp; </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.&nbsp; 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&#039;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.&nbsp; For those (three) of you who don&#039;t know Mark, he&#039;s a great guy and wonderful to work with.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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