2021 Giveaway and Guess the Grade Mystery coin (Winner Announced)

U1chicago · December 29, 2020 8:29PM

It seems many of us are waiting for grades (or even coins to just be received). Being in the same boat, I thought we'd have some fun and turn it into a mini contest. All you have to do is guess the grade and the coin I am waiting on. The hard part is that you won't have a picture!
The only hint I will provide is that it is a US coin.

Please guess the following:
1. Grade
2. Coin
3. Date
4. Mintmark

Whoever has the most components correct (out of the four above), will win. If there is a tie, I will randomly select one of those people. US addresses only (will include Canada if you want to help cover shipping). I don't know when I will have the answer so this contest may take some time! One guess per person!

The prize is a u1chicago promo slab and something else (to be determined).

The promo slab (both sides pictured below) features a 2014 50 Tenge Sirko (an odd but interesting combo-a Ukrainian fairy tale on a coin issued by Kazakhstan). You can watch the entire story on YouTube in the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWBBODkPlpY

Coinscratch · December 29, 2020 8:38PM

It might help if I knew what you were into. 😁
My guess is a 2020 W v75 Silver Eagle PR70 DCAM
Thanks I’ll PM my address.

U1chicago · December 29, 2020 8:41PM

@CoinscratchFever said:
It might help if I knew what you were into. 😁
My guess is a 2020 W v75 Silver Eagle PR70 DCAM
Thanks I’ll PM my address.

Not knowing is what makes it more interesting

Coinscratch · December 29, 2020 8:45PM

True! There once was a dog? Could be gold

ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ · December 29, 2020 8:45PM

1953 washington D quarter ms66

Batman23 · December 29, 2020 8:50PM

63
Franklin
1950
None (Philly)
rooting for ya!!

mannie gray · December 29, 2020 8:56PM

1884-CC $ MS65

Mr_Spud · December 29, 2020 9:00PM

1879-s NGC AU 58 CAC Morgan Toned

DollarAfterDollar · December 29, 2020 9:01PM

I'm going to guess a Morgan Dollar 1882 cc in MS 66.

Hope you get your grades by Easter.

WQuarterFreddie · December 29, 2020 9:27PM

MS64
Franklin
1953
D

Thank you for the opportunity and good luck with your submission!

CuKevin · December 29, 2020 9:33PM

MS 66
Morgan dollar
1881
San Francisco

amwldcoin · December 30, 2020 6:01AM

The proverbial needled in a haystack? 1964-D Peace Dollar MS64!

Bigbuck1975 · December 30, 2020 6:25AM

1881s Morgan monster toned grading ms65

TurtleCat · December 30, 2020 6:33AM

1883 Hawaiian 25c, MS-63.

Namvet69 · December 30, 2020 6:50AM

Okay okay, I'm gonna say....
MS-66
Morgan dollar
1889
CC
Thanks, I feel better already. Happy New Year everyone. Peace Roy

jesbroken · December 30, 2020 7:14AM

MS65
Morgan Dollar
1899
O
Thanks for the game.
Jim

Mgarmy · December 30, 2020 7:19AM

1885 cc Morgan silver
Ms65

Ty for the game

Kliao · December 30, 2020 7:26AM

MS-64
Morgan Dollar
1883
O

Thanks.

Bullsitter · December 30, 2020 7:34AM

70 DCAM
Gold V75
2020
W

Thanks for the chance....

Mdcoincollector2003 · December 30, 2020 7:38AM

MS 65
Morgan dollar
1878
S
Thanks for the chance

privatecoin · December 30, 2020 7:49AM

MS64
Washington quarter
1932
D

1630Boston · December 30, 2020 8:25AM

there is only 14,000 to 15,000 possibilities so

1876 CC DDR Trade Dollar in XF40

U1chicago · December 30, 2020 8:34AM

@amwldcoin said:
The proverbial needled in a haystack? 1964-D Peace Dollar MS64!

The Dan Carr version

Smudge · December 30, 2020 9:44AM

1883
Hawaiian quarter
62

TwoKopeiki · December 30, 2020 9:48AM

Щас... Спою!

amwldcoin · December 30, 2020 11:42AM

Hmmm, I would wager you could easily add a 0 to your estimate!

@1630Boston said:
there is only 14,000 to 15,000 possibilities so

1876 CC DDR Trade Dollar in XF40

U1chicago · December 31, 2020 9:21AM

Keep the guesses going.

1630Boston · December 31, 2020 9:34AM

@amwldcoin said:
Hmmm, I would wager you could easily add a 0 to your estimate!

@1630Boston said:
there is only 14,000 to 15,000 possibilities so

1876 CC DDR Trade Dollar in XF40

From @yosclimber in a thread I had last June https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1039045/how-many-types-of-us-coins-have-pcgs-coin-numbers

Approximately 13,284 = 413(98 + 5*2) .

Estimated by looking at the document which has 98 pages of US numbers,
usually 41 rows x 3 columns per page. And the first 5 pages are copper coins which
have additional numbers for Red and Red Brown.

The true count is probably higher - there are numbers for varieties that don't seem to
be listed in this document (and for rare dates like the 1870-s half dime), plus there are
more pages with copper coins like in the Proof section.
So it might be closer to 14,000 or 15,000?

https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/49273728?access_key=key-1pthjqt5utcy9cot1jx

Browsing the document, you can see the numbers start at 1000 with the 1793 half cent,
and stayed mostly as 4 digits (with some gaps) until the 2001 state quarters.
Since 2005 they have usually been 6 digits.
Colonials are sometimes under 4 digits, but usually 5 or more digits.

@amwldcoin said:
Hmmm, I would wager you could easily add a 0 to your estimate!

@1630Boston said:
there is only 14,000 to 15,000 possibilities so

1876 CC DDR Trade Dollar in XF40

Batman23 · December 31, 2020 10:28AM

That would account for the coin, date & mintmark part of this contest. But then you need to factor in the grade aspect to that. Would that be 13,284*30 = 398,520 different possibilities?

@1630Boston said:

@amwldcoin said:
Hmmm, I would wager you could easily add a 0 to your estimate!

@1630Boston said:
there is only 14,000 to 15,000 possibilities so

1876 CC DDR Trade Dollar in XF40

From @yosclimber in a thread I had last June https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1039045/how-many-types-of-us-coins-have-pcgs-coin-numbers

Approximately 13,284 = 413(98 + 5*2) .

Estimated by looking at the document which has 98 pages of US numbers,
usually 41 rows x 3 columns per page. And the first 5 pages are copper coins which
have additional numbers for Red and Red Brown.

The true count is probably higher - there are numbers for varieties that don't seem to
be listed in this document (and for rare dates like the 1870-s half dime), plus there are
more pages with copper coins like in the Proof section.
So it might be closer to 14,000 or 15,000?

https://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/49273728?access_key=key-1pthjqt5utcy9cot1jx

Browsing the document, you can see the numbers start at 1000 with the 1793 half cent,
and stayed mostly as 4 digits (with some gaps) until the 2001 state quarters.
Since 2005 they have usually been 6 digits.
Colonials are sometimes under 4 digits, but usually 5 or more digits.

@amwldcoin said:
Hmmm, I would wager you could easily add a 0 to your estimate!

@1630Boston said:
there is only 14,000 to 15,000 possibilities so

1876 CC DDR Trade Dollar in XF40

1630Boston · December 31, 2020 11:19AM

True @Batman23

pursuitofliberty · December 31, 2020 11:30AM

Hey, with nearly a half a million (or so) possibilities, that literally is like finding a needle in a haystack!

1937
Denver
Walking Liberty Half Dollar
MS65

Coinscratch · January 1, 2021 10:25AM

@pursuitofliberty said:
Hey, with nearly a half a million (or so) possibilities, that literally is like finding a needle in a haystack!

1937
Denver
Walking Liberty Half Dollar
MS65

Once you factor in all the grade possibilities it must be in the hundreds of millions we'll need a brainiac like @jmlanzaf or @CoinJunkie to do the math

jmlanzaf · January 1, 2021 11:04AM

XF45
1844
$5 liberty gold
D

jmlanzaf · January 1, 2021 11:08AM

@CoinscratchFever said:

@pursuitofliberty said:
Hey, with nearly a half a million (or so) possibilities, that literally is like finding a needle in a haystack!

1937
Denver
Walking Liberty Half Dollar
MS65

Once you factor in all the grade possibilities it must be in the hundreds of millions we'll need a brainiac like @jmlanzaf or @CoinJunkie to do the math

Well, if you want a really quick estimate:

225 years of coinage.

Average number of denominations per year: about 8.

Average number of mints for each denomination: about 2

Possible grades for each denomination: about 20, maybe 25 if we include proofs.

It's only 90,000 possibilities. Keep Guessing.

Coinscratch · January 1, 2021 11:14AM

Is that your final answer?

MsMorrisine · January 1, 2021 12:03PM

Please guess the following:
1. PR68
2. Doubloon
3. 1878
4. CC

what did I win?!?!?

CalifornianKing · January 1, 2021 12:14PM

PR69
Silver Eagle V75
2020
P

U1chicago · January 1, 2021 12:56PM

@MsMorrisine said:
Please guess the following:
1. PR68
2. Doubloon
3. 1878
4. CC

what did I win?!?!?

At least one like and one lol

rip_f · January 2, 2021 6:06AM

It's probably a condition rarity like a 1901 Morgan that you're hoping for MS, but will get AU58.
(I hope it's also the DD reverse)

U1chicago · January 4, 2021 6:32PM

Just got the result ...any final guesses?

WQuarterFreddie · January 4, 2021 7:03PM

You should make it official after posting No More Guesses!😉

Kurisu · January 4, 2021 7:12PM

Clicked a few times on PCGS with my eyes closed...
Ended up on a flat-Earth video on YouTube.
So I just guessed instead

MS66 FS
Nickel
1951
San Fran

JeffersonFrog · January 4, 2021 7:12PM

Sure, why not.

MS65 FBL
Franklin
1949
Philadelphia

U1chicago · January 4, 2021 7:45PM

@WQuarterFreddie said:
You should make it official after posting No More Guesses!😉

I'll call it soon. I'm also waiting on the Trueview to show the coin in all its glory.

WQuarterFreddie · January 4, 2021 7:48PM

@U1chicago said:

@WQuarterFreddie said:
You should make it official after posting No More Guesses!😉

I'll call it soon. I'm also waiting on the Trueview to show the coin in all its glory.

Looking forward to the results! When you do post the results please share if the grade was/was not what you expected to receive.

CoinJunkie · January 4, 2021 11:07PM

I'm gonna go with Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with a dagger.

ɹoʇɔǝlloɔ · January 4, 2021 11:12PM

@CoinJunkie said:
I'm gonna go with Colonel Mustard in the billiard room with a dagger.

if you win this one ...

johnny9434 · January 5, 2021 2:28AM

1900 o/cc Morgan dollar ms 64 fwiw

U1chicago · January 5, 2021 7:40AM

And I’ll call it. I didn’t give much information and yet @CuKevin got it exactly right! What are the odds?
Well in this case, they were pretty good if you assumed it was a relatively common coin and related to some of my prior posts. It is indeed an 1881-S MS 66 Morgan and I will have photos up once available.

@Batman23 you get a shoutout for recalling one of my previous threads! That coin is still sitting and waiting as I decide if I want to pour more funds into it.

@WQuarterFreddie I was expecting a minimum of 66 (just like the grade ended up) but was hoping for either a 66+ or 67. The coin is one of the cleaner 66s I’ve seen and has nice color too. I compared it to a 67 (with CAC) Morgan of the same date that I used to own and this one looked superior (plus has better color).

WQuarterFreddie · January 5, 2021 7:50AM

Well congratulations to the winner!

At least you got a 66! PCGS is tough on grading but in my opinion that is why a PCGS graded coin is worth more than their competitors coins.

Enjoy and thank you for the opportunity to guess😎

CuKevin · January 5, 2021 8:08AM

I can’t believe of all the possible combinations that I hit it exactly!

Thank you for hosting this contest, it was fun to guess and see what others guessed. Looking forward to seeing the TrueView.

2021 Giveaway and Guess the Grade Mystery coin (Winner Announced)

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