Will PCGS slab a scratched coin?
relayer
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Yes. PCGS AU58
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Yes. PCGS AU58
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rainbowroosie April 1, 2003
Cameron Kiefer
<< <i>My understanding is yes, but the coin could not be mint state. >>
I have seen numerous MS coins with scrathes in PCGS holders. The older and rarer the coin is, the more likely PCGS is to accept a bigger, deeper longer scratch. Thats how it looks to me, anyway.
Remember they just recently found out that the coin flips could cause a scratch like that one.
The coin may have not been scratched when it was examined.
But got scratched when it was last put back in the flip and or pulled out of the flip for the last time and slabbed.
Thus it could be scratched after the fact fo to speak.
<< <i>Remember they just recently found out that the coin flips could cause a scratch like that one >>
Not true. They and everyone has known this for a long time but just did a press release on it last week.
Cameron Kiefer
Now, obviously I screen and pre-grade before submitting. This coin was immaculate. When it came back imagine my dismay, when much to my horror it was BB'd for what amounted to a superfical mark on the reverse (not IN to the coin AT ALL). It looked like(for descriptive purposes) someone had used a pencil on it. This coin did not deserve to be BB'd but it was.
I PURPOSELY have in my posession coins certified as high as PCGS 65 with digs in them so deep that you could pour water in them and ants could drink! I never said much about it at all until right now!
If we're going to call a spade a spade, let's do it ALL the time. This sort of inconsistency is very disappointing, disheartening and CAN be costly. I was and still am disappointed about that coin mostly because it wasn't that way when I bought it or submitted it. NOW, every coin is photographed before leaving here!
A very light, superficial "pencil mark" gets a BB but a deep dig is Gem? Come on, man!
When scanned, the light made it look even worse.
Either way, it was a "just-barely-escaped-a-bodybag" coin. Which was too bad, really, considering it was otherwise nicer than average, in terms of strike and luster. I'd paid strong money for it, too, back during my Registry madness period.
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<< <i>The line looks raised to me...ie. scratch on the die causing a raised line on the coin.
Cameron Kiefer >>
Funny... it almost looks raised to me, too.
I think gold gets some leeway for bein' so soft. The 1904-S $20 Lib I had in that old Registry set looked like Liberty had run through the briar patch, and it was in a PCGS MS63 holder.
Cameron Kiefer
<< <i>if someone could please link me up
C:Documents and SettingsJose FernandezMy DocumentsMy Pictures8-25-2002 917p >>
Nobody can link to a file that's stored on your computer. It's gotta be uploaded first.
Cameron Kiefer
Teletrade's description seems to support the coin is scratched theory but that may just be because they've seen it in person.
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the softer the metal like gold or silver.the easier to put a mark on a coin. so thay go a little lite on them.not as hard on them in grading. littlejohn
<< <i>Yes. PCGS AU58
Relayer,
As long as the coin isn't in Mintstate or Proof condition, it may have scratchs on it when slabbed. As you probably already know, a coin is only mintstate if it exhibits no wear, it can have dense hairlines, perhaps even light scratchs. However, it also depends. If the severity of the scratch is bad enough, (which is opinion in some cases to the graders) they will not slab it. Or in ANACS case, they will. (Which happened to my sovereign)
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<< <i>The line looks raised to me...ie. scratch on the die causing a raised line on the coin.
Cameron Kiefer >>
Funny... it almost looks raised to me, too.
I think gold gets some leeway for bein' so soft. The 1904-S $20 Lib I had in that old Registry set looked like Liberty had run through the briar patch, and it was in a PCGS MS63 holder. >>
Hmm. Which "scratch" are we talking about. The one on the obverse [of the face] of the princess? (Looks more like a hairline), or the raised line on the reverse?
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