A Story of a BB and Redemption

FrattLaw

Awhile back I bought a 1922-S naturally-toned Peace that had hairlines but had the strike of a MS-64 for $10 from a dealer. So I sent it off to NGC for grading. Got the BB, as I thought I would. But I figured it was a nice enough coin and I wanted it in a slab. So I send it off to ANACS and figured I'd get a net grade.

Well, low and behold, it comes back a MS-62 without a net grade. Then I figure since almost every ANACS Peace I have sent to NGC has crossed @ the same grade, I'd give it another try. So off it goes to NGC.

And poof -- it now resides in a NGC MS-62 slab and is part of my second registry set of toned Peace $ (yes, believe it or not I have 2 sets now)

It just goes to show, playing the crack out/crossover game really can work for you. I don't typically do this, but I thought I'd share for anyone else considering the same.

I also thinks it goes to show that ANACS does a decent job of grading and their grading is given due consideration by other 3rd party grading companies.

Michael

nwcs

Which lends credence to the idea that graders are subtlely influenced by the slab. They may have subconsciously given more credit to the coin because it was previously slabbed. Or, the slab plastic obscured the hairlines and when they cracked it out they only had two choices: reimburse you or slab it at the same grade.

BigE

They might not have crossed it if it was a 65---------BigE

Endocrinologist

Great story....Might have been better just to buy a pre-slabbed MS63 at the beginning But may not have been as fun

Endo

BigE

Yeah, leave it to a lawyer to find a loophole-----------BigE

relayer

Seems like they needed another opinion to be convinced.

BigD5

It's probably one of those coins that's on the "edge". Will bag one time, and slab the next submission. Same deal for a lot of au/58-ms/62 coins. They can come back au or ms an equal number of times.

I think a grader would HAVE to be influenced in grading a crossover, just for the simple fact that if the coin looked market acceptable to one grader, it's probably ok. Human nature kind of stuff.