PCGS sub 2022 - Guess the Grade (Part 1 of 5)

The PCGS sub finally arrived. So you all know the drill.

This is part 1 of 5. As I like to keep my guess the grades interesting, this one will be no different.

Please guess the original grade and the new grade (originally NGC and now PCGS). Are they the same or different?

Here I am including three photos (a PCGS TrueView, a photo from a previous owner, and the photos from Great Collections in the original holder).

 

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Ok, I will bite: incredibly nice toning. Not wear but weak strike, typical of an 1883o. Original NGC—MS 63*. PCGS re-grade—64+ (bump of near-monster toning). If it were a bit more lustrous, I would say MS 65.

 

NGC MS-63*

PCGS MS-64

 

PCGS MS-64

NGC Details~!

 

pcgs ms64
NGC ms64*

 

Oh man, I really like this one! Original NGC MS-64 ★, now PCGS MS-64+. I think they gave the + for a bump in color.

 

NGC MS64*
PCGS MS65

 

Reveal will be at some point tomorrow and part 2 as well

 

MS63*
OBV MS63*
REV MS63

PCGS MS63*
NGC MS63

 

NGC MS64*
PCGS MS65
This one is tough. Nice toner ddddd.

 

I’ll give this one a few more hours and then we’ll have the reveal plus part 2.

 

Bring it on!

 

After all 5 parts are done, I’m thinking of doing a thread where we pick our favorite coin from the five. This first one is a strong contender for me but I like all five.

 

1883 O is certainly not known to be well struck, in my experience it is probably the poorest of strikes of the entire series (a number of which are O mints..?)

I say MS64+ But I’d need a video clip to get a perfect assessment

 

1885o is also a contender for worst of a bunch of bad New Orleans strikes. Both had major die issues, and high mintages.

 

Nah. You have good photos to grade the coin from those. Videos actually complicate the process. If you can’t grade from that group of pictures, spend more time practicing, as they are good ones.

 

Anticipa-a-a-tion is making me wait...

 

NGC 63 + Star
PCGS 64
Appears to have quite a few marks and scratches inline with 63+ to me

 

That's a bold statement.
You'll see. It's in a Details holder.

 

Toners give me GTG problems.

NGC called it 63.
PCGS 64.