Think I can get a reward from ACG if I report this auction?

Russ

PCGS MS66 1965 Kennedy w/ Accugrade Pedigree! I love it! Bwuahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!!!!

Russ, NCNE

dwood

That IS hilarious!

Kudos colorcoins!

lava

Hey Russ, what is sms?

Russ

Special Mint Set. No proof sets issued 1965 to 1967.

Russ, NCNE

KlectorKid

I agree with ACG on this one it looks like an easy MS-69 if not 70. I think it is mean that you guys would pick on people who pretend to be pros just because they usually give anything an MS/PR 69-70 and will slab coins that have been hit by RV's and Buses. I mean its just not fair!

lava

Russ, please educate those of us who don't collect JFKs. From the PCGS, price guide, a `65 sms goes for a whopping $3.90. Either a non-sms in `65 would have brought more ($42), or so too would a higher grade sms. So, it seems from the price guide, ACG was way way off, and the owner spent more on the crossover that the coin's book value. Is that right?

Russ

Lava,

Market wise, a PCGS slabbed 1965 SMS in MS66 is about a $12 coin or so.

What the seller was hoping for was that the coin was actually a business strike and dropped only a couple points from the MS69 that ACG graded it. A 1965 business strike slabbed as a PCGS MS67 would bring a tidy sum; $500 plus.

Russ, NCNE

lava

Thanks Russ. Very interesting. I my book you qualify for an award from ACG, but the last recipient of an ACG award (ANA, $3,000) has taken a lot of heat for it. I promise of ACG pays you $3,000, you will get no heat from me. Knowing where it came from, I suspect you wouldn't take it anyway.

GaCoinGuy

Nice coin, but how did it make 66 with those 2 hits on the cheek area? Or is that a spot showing on the slab or perhaps the scan?

MadMarty

I see our own Ursabear is bidding on it. Russ got this one in the sniping program yet??