I had some fun last night with my MS67 P.O.S. Jeff
DennisH
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Thought I'd start a new thread to let you know how two recent disappointing events in my Jeff collecting life intersected last night at my coin club meeting.
(As a recap, Event #1 was a group of 20 cherrypicked D-mint coins that I selected from 16 original rolls and sent to PCGS for grading. I genuinely expected 15 or more MS66s. I got one. I got just three MS65s. The rest were 64s
Event #2 was my recent purchase of a 1939-S R38 MS67 PCGS in a Heritage auction that turned out to be perhaps the worst MS67 Jeff PCGS has ever put into a holder. 
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What I decided to do was take the 1939-S MS67 and one of the 1962-D MS64s, and a 1938-S MS66 I've tried once to upgrade, and a gorgeous MS65 1955-P, and cover up the grades and have people at my coin club arrange them from highest grade to lowest grade. The only hint I gave them was that all of the actual grades were different.
It was not a fair game because all three of the lower grade coins have eye appeal that far exceeds the P.O.S. Eleven people gave it a try, and things played out pretty much as I expected.
(Sorry about not posting photos, but it would be pointless to try. All I have is a flatbed scanner, so it's impossible to reproduce the lustre, brilliance and eye appeal of the coins.)
Highest Grade -- The concensus of opinion was the 1938-S MS66. Only two people picked the P.O.S. as the highest graded coin, and one of them already knew what the answer was because he's been reading my other thread.
2nd highest -- The concensus of opinion was the 1962-D MS64.
3rd highest -- The concensus of opinion was the 1939-S MS67.
Lowest Grade -- The concensus of opinion was the 1955-P MS65, which really surprised me, because its eye appeal and lustre are much nicer than the 1939-S. Also tells you how much eye appeal the 1938-S and 1962-D have.
(As a recap, Event #1 was a group of 20 cherrypicked D-mint coins that I selected from 16 original rolls and sent to PCGS for grading. I genuinely expected 15 or more MS66s. I got one. I got just three MS65s. The rest were 64s
Event #2 was my recent purchase of a 1939-S R38 MS67 PCGS in a Heritage auction that turned out to be perhaps the worst MS67 Jeff PCGS has ever put into a holder. )What I decided to do was take the 1939-S MS67 and one of the 1962-D MS64s, and a 1938-S MS66 I've tried once to upgrade, and a gorgeous MS65 1955-P, and cover up the grades and have people at my coin club arrange them from highest grade to lowest grade. The only hint I gave them was that all of the actual grades were different.
It was not a fair game because all three of the lower grade coins have eye appeal that far exceeds the P.O.S. Eleven people gave it a try, and things played out pretty much as I expected.
(Sorry about not posting photos, but it would be pointless to try. All I have is a flatbed scanner, so it's impossible to reproduce the lustre, brilliance and eye appeal of the coins.)
Highest Grade -- The concensus of opinion was the 1938-S MS66. Only two people picked the P.O.S. as the highest graded coin, and one of them already knew what the answer was because he's been reading my other thread.
2nd highest -- The concensus of opinion was the 1962-D MS64.
3rd highest -- The concensus of opinion was the 1939-S MS67.
Lowest Grade -- The concensus of opinion was the 1955-P MS65, which really surprised me, because its eye appeal and lustre are much nicer than the 1939-S. Also tells you how much eye appeal the 1938-S and 1962-D have.
When in doubt, don't.
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Ken
About as much as me apparently.
If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.
Tommy
The really scary part was, the one unbiased guy who picked the '39-S first got all four coins in the right order.