Are these the worst pics you've seen or has PCGS taken leave of their senses?

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• robertpr Posts: 6,862 ✭✭✭

  January 20, 2006 11:36AM

  Rarity and relaxation of grading standards are proportional to each other.

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• Coinhusker1 Posts: 3,560 ✭

  January 20, 2006 11:53AM

  That coin looks horrible. I'll take a crusty F-15 and pocket the extra cash.

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• Fletcher Posts: 3,294 ✭

  January 20, 2006 11:57AM

  What do you mean ... it says PQ right in the title
  
  

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• Bustman Posts: 1,911 ✭

  January 20, 2006 12:16PM

  

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• busco69 Posts: 815 ✭✭

  January 20, 2006 12:42PM

  That coin looks no higher than vg.Plus with all the marks and cleaning ,it should not have been graded.Why are they so easy on these types of coins they should have standardized grading across the board.

  ''Coin collecting is the only hobby where you can spend all your money and still have some left''

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• Bailey1977 Posts: 381

  January 20, 2006 12:48PM

  

  

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• stman Posts: 11,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 20, 2006 12:50PM

  Only buy "PCGS COINS."

  Please... Save The Stories, Just Answer My Questions, And Tell Me How Much!!!!!

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• Myqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭

  January 20, 2006 12:55PM

  Only buy "PCGS COINS."
  
  Exactly!! Only pcgs coins for stman!!!

  My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !

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• Myqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭

  January 20, 2006 12:58PM

  I forgot to mention- that coin looks like crap!!! What was that guy babbling about originality with this coin???

  My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable !

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• ER Posts: 7,345 ✭

  January 20, 2006 1:05PM

  
  The graders didn't have their coffee that day.

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• EJB Posts: 640

  January 20, 2006 1:16PM

  ..............Never mind, I'll just keep my mouth shut, I've been drinking.......................

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• coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭

  January 20, 2006 1:20PM

  
  
  << <i>That coin looks no higher than vg. >>
  
  It certainly looks quite a bit better than VG to me. Here's a PCGS VG10 to compare it to:
  
  
  
  
  
  And here's a PCGS VF25:
  
  
  
  

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• MikeInFL Posts: 10,188 ✭✭✭✭

  January 20, 2006 4:49PM

  
  
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  This is the only one that looks attractive to me...Mike

  Collector of Large Cents, US Type, and modern pocket change.

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• TorinoCobra71 Posts: 8,060 ✭✭✭

  January 20, 2006 7:07PM

  BodyBag! Obverse Scratch!
  
  TorinoCobra71
  
  

  

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• PerryHall Posts: 46,817 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 20, 2006 10:57PM

  
  
  << <i>BodyBag! Obverse Scratch!
  
  TorinoCobra71 >>
  
  
  
  Looks like mint caused adjustment marks. Difficult to tell from that pic.
  
  
  
  
  
  

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• Outhaul Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭✭✭

  January 20, 2006 11:12PM

  I don't give a rat's ass about rarity. That coin belongs in a BB. This does much to further the argument for technical grading. Rarity, eye appeal...BULLCHIT! Let the market determine the value of a damaged coin. As far as grade goes, damage is damage. What's the difference between a scratch on a rare coin or a scratch on a common coin? If this were a common date Morgan it would be BB'd.

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• Shamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

  January 21, 2006 1:10AM

  Sure looks cleaned to me.
  
  

  Buyer and seller of vintage coin boards!

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• mercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭

  January 21, 2006 1:34AM

  That's why people have a hard time grading.
  
  They look at slabbed coins that should be BB'd, but NOW (e.g in 2006) when they submit their better coins, their coins get BB'd. How is a collector supposed to learn anything by buying PCGS plastic??
  
  In a review their coin gets beat up for why it should've BB'd, yet if you ask PCGS to review a slabbed problem coin they'll find plausible deniability and say that "it's acceptable for the grade".
  
  Only in extreme examples, which involve high profile coins or high profile people, will PCGS "honor" their guaranty.
  
  That's what's great about having no standards...it's just someone elses opinion -- the classic of my word versus your word.
  
  

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• TheRaven Posts: 4,148 ✭✭✭✭

  January 21, 2006 1:38AM

  This is not exactly a "learning" coin.....
  
  HOw representative is this picture of the coin also?

  Collection under construction: VG Barber Quarters & Halves

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• mercurydimeguy Posts: 4,625 ✭✭✭✭

  January 21, 2006 1:41AM

  
  It is probably more honest than you think. I'm sure different lighting/angles would do well to hide the molestation this coin has received. That is until you get it in hand and realize that -- they are still there even though the photo looks better.
  
  

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