1938-D Lincoln cent. Can you solve this dilemma?

wingedliberty

1938-D Lincoln cent.


Now, this is interesting.

Brian.

FC57Coins

Crossed as what? MS65?

wingedliberty

I had no idea that NTC had a registry


Brian.

airplanenut

He says PCGS, but the grade has a star, so it is probably NGC...

wingedliberty

Excellent observation Jeremy.

Brian.

wayneherndon

Actually, he's a new member here and has posted a few times over on the Registry forum. I was looking at his auctions the other night and it appears he sent a bunch of NTC coins to PCGS for cross at any grade. Apparently he had the new grades at the time of the listing but didn't have the coins back yet so he's using the old pictures of the coins in the NTC slabs. The star in the description is a footnote. If you look down lower in the description you see it means "Beautiful example of this coin for the grade. "

Looks like this one took a three point hit.

Edited to add: This definately was not a winning proposition for the seller. I'm not sure we paid for the coin but let's say it fell out of the sky into his pocket and he happens to have nothing in it. Then, he pays at least $15 for PCGS crossover service, more if he's impatient. Plus, there's the shipping each way. Then he pays eBay a listing fee and a a selling fee. From the seller he collects the winning bid of $14.50. But, shipping is included so he's got to pick that up too, including "full insurance" on the package. Every now and then, when I think I get a great deal on a third-rate slabbed coin, this is how it turns out.

WH

wingedliberty

Thanks for the clarification Wayne. I think he probably would have been better off without the NTC
scans.

Brian.

wayneherndon

Brian,

Absolutely! Or, at least a description that detailed more of the process instead of leaving it to be assumed.

WH

PS: He'd probably been better off without NTC entirely (see my edit above made while you were posting).