The Official CoinTalk Grading Experiment 10

How good is CoinTalk compared to the TPGs? Let's find out! Over the next several months, I'll be posting a continuous stream of Guess the Grade threads. I will be using photos from the Heritage auction archives (please do not cheat!).

All you have to do is guess the grade! I will be attaching a poll to each thread. Please select the grade that you think best represents the coin (to avoid bias, please select your grade before viewing the rest of the thread).

Also feel free to post your opinions about the coin, and it would be most educational if you could explain why you chose the grade you did.

In order to give everyone time to respond, I'll reveal the grade Sunday evening

Around Christmas, I will tally up the results and see how we did. This thread is an offshoot of a recent thread where I compared CT grading to the TPG, seen here: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/how-good-is-cointalk-at-grading.343417/

We're going to cover a wide range of material, and some of it may be out of your wheelhouse. However, if you are a confident grader, you should be able to accurately grade almost any coin.

 

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MS64 - she's got some scars on her forehead that I think holds her back from gem

 

It's a pretty coin, and I'm sure it's a blazer. I was thinking maybe 66, but when I looked again, I think there are too many little ticks to even get a gem grade.

I'm at MS64

 

Nice luster but too many hits for a gem grade. I think this coin is a solid MS64.

 

64 looks about right.

 

There are two series of coins that I am particularly bad at grading. One is Washington quarters. The other is this... Peace Dollars. I've seen 63's that I've swore were 65.

Well here goes.... nice original skin on this one, pretty clean cheek, some scattered marks, weakish typical strike. MS65 is my first instinct. But I wouldn't bet a silver dollar on that guess. If I get this one right, it's mostly luck.

 

You have to vote in the poll for your guess to count

 

MS 64. My first thought was 65 but I think the hits on the forehead keep it at 64.
Nice looking coin.

 

Lots of chatter. I believe this is a high-end MS-63, which means it probably graded MS-64

 

I see MS-64

 

I wanted to say 65. That cheek is clean, but after supersizing the images I think there's enough hits to hold it to 64. but then factoring in the strike I'm back to 65. 65 it is...

 

MS-64. Clear look but too many small marks to rate a Gem Unc. Grade.

 

64 here. Pictures not so good. Lustrous, given the dark and bright areas. Probably attractive. A few scuffs in the fields and small tics on the devices keep it from a higher grade.

 

Where are all the guesses?

 

27 votes thus far. Not many replies though.

 

pessimist here, I guessed 63, thought there were too many marks on the obv. Nice luster though and with the smooth cheek quite possibly 64.

 

Alrighty. Time to call this one, I think. We had 30 guesses, with an average of 63.2. This is actually a 64, and I think its a pretty nice one. The average was really brought down by the large number of AU guesses, which surprised me. I think most of the AU guesses were confusing a weak strike (common on Peace dollars) with actual wear. I don't see any traces of wear on this coin.