Guess the grades and win an Accented Hair!

Russ · August 17, 2002 11:19AM

It's even one of the rare "white specked" Accented Hair varieties.

Nothing to snipe tonight, so I thought it would be fun to have one of these contests. Five coins, all are PCGS slabs. Winner will be determined by closest to grade total for all coins combined minus the points off on each individual coin. Points deducted for incorrect CAM (1) or DCAM (2) desigations. In the event of a tie, first guesses win.

Please PM guesses so as not to influence others. Contest will run until 7 PM Pacific tomorrow (Sunday 08.18.02).

Now, before all of you head to my site for clues, I'll tell you that none of these coins reside in either of my sets.

COIN #1: PR64

COIN #2: PR68CAM

COIN#3: PR67DCAM

COIN #4: PR69

COIN #5: PR67CAM

Let the games begin!

Russ, NCNE

FC57Coins · August 17, 2002 11:23AM

What the hell - I collect CS' but I'll give it a shot:

Frank

Russ · August 17, 2002 11:24AM

PM only, please.

Russ, NCNE

FC57Coins · August 17, 2002 11:26AM

OOOOOPS - Sorry about that Russ.

FC

airplanenut · August 17, 2002 11:27AM

Thanks for the chance

PM sent

Bear · August 17, 2002 11:29AM

Russ - If the prize was a Mercedes instead of an AH , I might play. Bear

Russ · August 17, 2002 11:33AM

Greedy little Bear, aren't you?

Russ, NCNE

Bear · August 17, 2002 11:38AM

OK, OK I will play. I am just going to do it for the fun of it to show just how ignorant I really am..bear

Bear · August 17, 2002 11:42AM

Russ - I cant seem to get thru to your PM, It reads error on page or some such.??????

Russ · August 17, 2002 11:44AM

Bear,

See if you have a PM from me.

Russ, NCNE

Bear · August 17, 2002 1:32PM

TTT

Blade · August 17, 2002 1:53PM

I'm in! This will be good for a laugh or two.

Russ - Does the first coin have a doubled reverse? Lettering looks sharply doubled, especially at the bottom.

Russ · August 17, 2002 1:57PM

Blade,

No. I think a train must have gone by and jiggled the camera.

Well, I'm headed home for the night. I'll check new PMs in the morning.

Russ, NCNE

RGL · August 17, 2002 9:02PM

That's the PCGS spirit, Russ .. a weighted contest.

I'll send a PM once I peruse the JFKs. What's the booby prize I receive for finishing last?

ClarkOfKent · August 17, 2002 11:42PM

I just can't seem to get this PM thing to work for me. I even tried Netscape, which added some functionality for me, but no-go on the PMs.

I emailed you my guesses (and they ARE guesses!).

Clark

Russ · August 17, 2002 11:56PM

Clark,

Got your eMail.

Russ, NCNE

itsnotjustme · August 18, 2002 12:22AM

Russ,
Are you going to publish everyone's delta from actual?

Thanks for the chance!

Bear · August 18, 2002 1:46AM

RGL - You cant have the booby prize, thats all mine. Bear

Placid · August 18, 2002 2:20AM

I could use some more hair. I keep pulling mine out latley.

littlewicher · August 18, 2002 2:30AM

Thanks for the great contest, Russ! I'll admit that it was a toughie! I hope I did good.

Hunt · August 18, 2002 2:43AM

sent PM--I hope you don't laugh too much!

sorry about your store BTW

KAJ1 · August 18, 2002 2:46AM

Hunt · August 18, 2002 3:20AM

Thanks for the heads up Frank.

MJCoin · August 18, 2002 4:33AM

Reply sent

psxchelly · August 18, 2002 5:01AM

guess PM'd

Bear · August 18, 2002 8:03AM

Russ - Lets get on with the actual grades.

FlyTooHigh · August 18, 2002 8:05AM

Bear: Russ said 7:00 PM Pacific time, not eastern time!

Bear · August 18, 2002 8:08AM

Fly Too High - %$#*@*&&*(@#%$ and the same goes for the horse you rode in on. Bear

PS. At my age, who knows if I will still be alive at 7 PM WCT.

FlyTooHigh · August 18, 2002 8:09AM

oreville · August 18, 2002 8:14AM

Russ: So what DOES the winning prize look like?

Bear · August 18, 2002 8:18AM

Yesssssss. Even bears like to look at pictures of pretty coins Russ. Can we see a picture pleeeeezzzzz.

TAP444 · August 18, 2002 8:30AM

PM sent
BUT probable not even close
thanks
Tim

66Tbird · August 18, 2002 8:46AM

PM sent,, thx

kryptonitecomics · August 18, 2002 9:07AM

This is a trick contest, they are all Business Strikes

Placid · August 18, 2002 10:14AM

Times running out.

presleyh · August 18, 2002 10:19AM

so thats why you guys are still on here at midnite. its only 9:00 your time. not sure i can stay awake until 7 pacific.

jakemrjr · August 18, 2002 10:20AM

these are fun

Endocrinologist · August 18, 2002 10:33AM

Can't wait to find out the answer!

Endo

Bear · August 18, 2002 10:56AM

In 6 minutes, I had better see the %$##@##@ results or all &^%$$#$@ will break loose. Bear

itsnotjustme · August 18, 2002 11:00AM

Almost Time Russ!

Russ · August 18, 2002 11:01AM

Contest ended.

Russ, NCNE

kingmatt · August 18, 2002 11:02AM

we are all waiting breathlessly!!!

DHeath · August 18, 2002 11:02AM

This reminds me of a punchline to "How do you keep idiots in suspense!"

Myself included of course!

Russ · August 18, 2002 11:02AM

The entries have been forwarded in a hermetically sealed envelope to the accounting firm of Arthur Anderson. Back with the inflated results shortly.

Russ, NCNE

dakra · August 18, 2002 11:06AM

I'm going to let my 6 month old type.....
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dakra · August 18, 2002 11:07AM

...Mommy and Daddy got a good laugh. I hope you guys did too. 6 Months Old and copying his daddy...

Bear · August 18, 2002 11:30AM

TTT

itsnotjustme · August 18, 2002 11:31AM

<< <i>This reminds me of a punchline to "How do you keep idiots in suspense!" >>

He could reply again without posting answers!

BBN · August 18, 2002 11:32AM

straight 70s if they're in ACGs

Russ · August 18, 2002 11:33AM

Okay, the submissions have been tabulated and a winner determined. You guys sure do like a contest, 41 people jumped in.

First, nobody got #1 correct, and only four mentioned that it was an Accented Hair. That wasn't part of the contest, just thought it was interesting. Personally, I think your grading guesses on the coin were more accurate then what PCGS decided.

The overwhelming majority of you nailed #2 dead on. Kudos!

The majority of you also correctly identified #3 as a DCAM, although most assigned it a higher grade then did PCGS - I wish!

The majority of you incorrectly identified #4 as a CAM, but also undergraded it.

Most identified #5 as a CAM, which it is, but the grades were all over the map.

The PCGS assigned grades for the coins were:

Coin #1: PR64
Coin #2: PR68CAM
Coin #3: PR67DCAM
Coin #4: PR69
Coin #5: PR67CAM

Total grade points of 335. On each submission I added up the number of points off on each coin, either over or under, then deducted them from the total of 335. Then I deducted a point for adding a CAM, or missing a CAM, or calling a CAM a DCAM or vice-versa. There were a couple of cases where #4 was identified at a DCAM - since it has no CAM designation at all, that resulted in a two point deduction.

After all that, we ended up with a three-way tie at 329 points between:

Jakemrjr
Hookedoncoins
Airplanenut

This means I had to go to the tiebreaker, which was first in. Now, I'm kind ot tired tonight, so I'll let you guys know tomorrow.

Just kidding!

The winner is:

Airplanenut.

Russ, NCNE

jakemrjr · August 18, 2002 11:35AM

aw, so close!!! Way to go airplanenut!!!! I can't believe I made it in the top three.

Guess the grades and win an Accented Hair!

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