NEWP Neon Washington Quarter! Feel free to guess the grade!

CoinJunkie · July 23, 2014 10:12AM

MS67 would be my first guess. Very nice toner!

coindeuce · July 23, 2014 10:19AM

The images here lead me to believe it is a Proof strike, but if it happens to be a business strike, it is one helluva FS-901 !

AnkurJ · July 23, 2014 11:02AM

It is a MS

coinsarefun · July 23, 2014 11:10AM

Nice toner Ankur.......MS64?

pcgs69 · July 23, 2014 11:17AM

if I submitted it, it'd be in a 64 holder

crypto79 · July 23, 2014 11:18AM

OldIndianNutKase · July 23, 2014 11:37AM

If I submitted it it would be .91 Questionable Color........ I have learned my lesson to buy nice toners like yours already certified.

OINK

LotsoLuck · July 23, 2014 11:52AM

Type B and 67 seems reasonable.

BryceM · July 23, 2014 11:55AM

sparky64 · July 23, 2014 11:56AM

Very nice.
66?

halfhunter · July 23, 2014 12:02PM

<< Type B and 67 seems reasonable. >>

Yep . . . I believe it's a Type B.
Looks like an EOR toner.
MS-66 . . . Nice coin.

HH

ms70 · July 23, 2014 12:27PM

I'm going with 67. Nice coin.

kennytpez · July 23, 2014 12:29PM

I would say MS-66. Nice coin!

NotSure · July 23, 2014 1:06PM

No question an FS-901. I'm going with 66, if it's our host. ATS, could be a 67.

Goldbully · July 23, 2014 1:32PM

Somewhere over the rainbow............................

rainbowroosie · July 23, 2014 1:37PM

66 has a star if NGC

lostincoins · July 23, 2014 1:52PM

If I posted it AT lol PCGS MS66+

kryptonitecomics · July 23, 2014 1:53PM

I know the grade so I won't post to spoil the surprise but I don't think they got the grade right...that's all I will say

CoinJunkie · July 23, 2014 1:59PM

<< I know the grade so I won't post to spoil the surprise but I don't think they got the grade right...that's all I will say

>>

OK, I'm officially changing my guess to MS64...

CoinJunkie · July 25, 2014 3:59PM

And the answer is...?

Bochiman · July 25, 2014 4:31PM

I would think it was given a MS65 but, from my masterful and untouchable ability to grade from pictures online....I would think it is a MS66.
(I would even be ok with a MS66+ as the pics exaggerate a couple of hits, imho).
A MS67 would be possibly stretching it.

LanceNewmanOCC · July 26, 2014 12:50AM

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good thing there wasn't a link posted to that public album. holy cow!

i'll guess 67
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djdilliodon · July 26, 2014 12:58AM

I'll say MS 64 Type B reverse.

nwcoast · July 26, 2014 1:09AM

A blazing 66+
67 on a bright day..
Smashing coin!

WingedLiberty1957 · July 26, 2014 1:25AM

When I owned this coin a year ago or so, it was an MS64 ... I bet it's higher now that someone else owns it (LOL).

If it's graded a lot higher now, it just shows how inconsistent PCGS grading is.

I would like to think it's still an MS64 -- just so I can maintain some semblance of confidence in PCGS grading.

Boosibri · July 26, 2014 1:28AM

Wow and wow. Looks better than a 64. Wonder what caused the coin to tone as it did.

AnkurJ · July 26, 2014 2:27AM

Still a 64

kaz · July 26, 2014 2:45AM

and the type B rev is icing on the psychedelic cake.

WingedLiberty1957 · July 26, 2014 2:50AM

<< Still a 64

>>

my confidence is intact!

honestly when i owned it, i thought the reverse looked like a 66

but i wondered if pcgs penalized it for the unusual obverse color
there are some obverse ticks too

i bought it from kyrptonitecomics on ebay and shane thought it was a 65

if i was grading it ... that what i would have gone with. 64 obv and 66 rev. net 65

but its good to see pcgs be consistent

valente151 · July 26, 2014 3:44AM

Reverse looks 66+, but the obverse, it's important to look through the toning while grading it, while looking at the toning while pricing it. There appears to be ever so slight friction on the coin, and several ticks. Two of the most important things I took away from several years at Summer Seminar were:
1. Eye Appeal Adds a LITTLE, and forgives alot.- This coin has an eye appealing obverse, and brings it from a low quality 64 (the obverse looks far too rough for a PQ 64 without the toning) to a decent 64. Perhaps it is worthy of a 64+.
2. The reverse can only hurt a coin, not help it. - The money side of a coin is the obverse, and the reverse cannot carry or bring up the grade of the coin. If the obverse is extremely baggy and deserves a 62 grade, but the reverse is a 66, the coin is still going to max out at 62, possibly 62+. You see this alot with CC morgans. The idea of averaging the coin to a 65 because of a 64 obv and a 66 rev therefore is just not the way coins are graded. In an alternate case if the obv was a 66 and the reverse a 64, the coin might be graded 65, because the obverse holds the weight.

I will admit I am biased because I had seen the grade at the same time I saw the coin and therefore never looked at it with fresh eyes, but I've done my best to offer an explanation to the grade. On a coin like this though, the plastic doesn't matter much because the toning is going to determine the price.

brg5658 · July 26, 2014 3:53AM

<< 

<< Still a 64

>>

my confidence is intact!

honestly when i owned it, i thought the reverse looked like a 66

but i wondered if pcgs penalized it for the unusual obverse color
there are some obverse ticks too

i bought it from kyrptonitecomics on ebay and shane thought it was a 65

if i was grading it ... that what i would have gone with. 64 obv and 66 rev. net 65

but its good to see pcgs be consistent >>

How does this imply consistency? I am pretty sure it's still in the same holder it was in when you owned it.

This little quarter gets around. I personally don't find it very attractive. To each his own.

WingedLiberty1957 · July 26, 2014 4:39AM

<< How does this imply consistency? I am pretty sure it's still in the same holder it was in when you owned it. >>

I probably didn't communicate this very well.
What I was trying to say was I didn't want to hear that PCGS re-graded this as an MS67+ or something.

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