Undergraded? Does it look five points better to you too?

braddick

Here's an ANACS AG03 Standing Liberty quarter. I think the coins looks solid VG08 (the date is always allowed to be weak on VG's). Full rims. Where did ANACS see AG in this one?!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3306724987&category=11966

braddick

Here's a quarter minted nine years later and ANACS calls it FN12. Look at the reverse rim! The AG03 is a better coin even. . . :

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3306725032&category=11967

Monstavet

Okay, I'll play if no one else wants to...

Per Photograde: Standing Liberty Quarter, AG-3: Obverse: THe date will be identifiable, although barely visible...

That is why this coin got the AG-3. The rims are okay as you say, and the reverse looks closer to VG-8, but on the obverse the cloth from hand to shield doesn't have enough detail to be VG-8. Guess ANACS went with the lowest common denominator on this one which is the date.

Re: the quarter....way overgraded! THe rim doesn't look full and not enough detail on George's head!

That's my opinion and I'm sticking to it!

coppercoins

I believe the SLQ is slightly undergraded (should be G4 or G6) and the Washington is definately overgraded (Should be G4).

airplanenut

I agree- but the date is worn... looks like simple uneven wear.

Jeremy

Monstavet

Sometimes, the coins don't read the grading books.

This is often true of patients also...they don't read the books and get the diseases exactly as described....d@mn them!

dbldie55

I would call the SLQ AG due to the date (only the 3 is really visible). Perhaps you could call it market graded as it would be priced based on a very weak date. For a good, you should be able to see all the digits of the date (they may be weak)

UncleJoe

The SLQ appears to have been graded strictly by the date.

I would say AG3 PQ or *.

The quarter is accurately graded as fine and a nice speciman at that. Washington quarters do not typically have full reverse rims in lower grades.

Joe.

Barry

Yes, they were a bit tough on it. G-4 because of the date.

MacCoin

<< <i>Per Photograde: Standing Liberty Quarter, AG-3: Obverse: THe date will be identifiable, although barely visible... >>


thats because its a type 2 SLQ thats the way they are designed and thats the reason they came out with a type 3
a type 3 has a depression on the pedestal so the date won't wear away in the fisrt 2 or 3 years in cirulation.

darktone

Don't forget some of these type two's only had a patial date when minted. mike

danglen

Looks like a lot of other people agree with the undergraded theory. Coin is almost up to F-12 money.