I've been talking the talk. Guess it's time to walk the walk. The most important coin I got recently is the one that completes my birthyear set. It's a matched set which made it a bit tougher to get. All the cents are MS-66 RD. All the nickels are MS-65 FS. All the dimes are MS-65 FB. All the quarters are MS-65. All the halves are MS-65 (well, not quite; the 41-S is too expensive in -65.)
I don't know about the relative toughness of the TPGs with regard to Full Steps. My 1941 FS and 1941-D FS coins are both PCGS. I do know they all appear to start using the "Full Steps" attribute at the 5-step level even though a true "Full Steps" would have 6 steps. At least NGC tells you how many they see. Oh, and since the commems are a "fun" set my max bid is in the CDN Bid to the CDN Bid+20% range. I'm not going to pay Coin World or PCGS prices for these coins. (Well, maybe later as I get close to completion and have the tough ones left I'll have to push my bids up.)
Yes---in the case of Full Steps NGC is harder..... http://varietynickels.com/pages/jefferson-nickel/grading.php Right there on top you can click and see both NGC and PCGS guildlines for grading a coin FS. I'm thinking about putting both of their guildlines on one page side by side so it will be easier to look at both at one time! Speedy
Nice commems. Hard to see from the pix, but the Iowa looks cleaner than a 63, especially compared to the GWC. What aren't the photos showing?
Nice coins, congrats man! :thumb: If I remember right, NGC is tougher in a lot of things than PCGS, like FS, FBL's, etc. Phoenix
Agreed. Exposure on both coins was made with the same set up and one right after the other. So it shouldn't be an imaging problem. At least part of the marks on the GWC are actually on the slab. I'd have to dig it out to see how much. OR Two different coins done on two different days by two different groups of graders.
One of the things that drives me nuts about grading...especially the TPGs is that appears as if grading on any given coin is not simply on the merits of the coin by itself, but also in comparison to all the other coins of that type that that particular grader has seen. Now granted, these guys probably have seen hundreds, perhaps thousands Iowas.....which can be a double edge sword. Sort of like grading on a curve....which I'm sure the TPGs will vehemently deny.
