Ever notice that the toughest coins to grade......

ChangeInHistory

........are the ones designed during our "Golden Age" of coin design? Think about it, we've all seen the toughest series to grade posts on this forum. How often do you see Buffalo Nickels, Standing Liberty Quarters, Walking Liberty Halves, some of the gold coins of that era come up in those posts. Not being a solid grader in most of these series, I trust what most forum members claim. Is it that the artistic tastes of the time outpaced the technology? (or at least cost-effective technology?)

MikeInFL

<< <i>Is it that the artistic tastes of the time outpaced the technology? (or at least cost-effective technology?) >>



Your post made sense to me until this sentence. Would you please explain?

Personally, I find Buffalo Nickels and incused Indan gold to be the toughest to grade....Mike

HTubbs

<< <i>

<< <i>Is it that the artistic tastes of the time outpaced the technology? (or at least cost-effective technology?) >>



Your post made sense to me until this sentence. Would you please explain?

Personally, I find Buffalo Nickels and incused Indan gold to be the toughest to grade....Mike >>



Buffalo nickels!

Arrgghh!

fcloud

I think these can go in that group, too.

ChangeInHistory

<< <i>

<< <i>Is it that the artistic tastes of the time outpaced the technology? (or at least cost-effective technology?) >>



Your post made sense to me until this sentence. Would you please explain?

Personally, I find Buffalo Nickels and incused Indan gold to be the toughest to grade....Mike >>



Did the coin designs demand too much of the Mint's technology at the time is what I meant. Or was it just a question of priorities of the time. (There were so many othe things WW1, the Depression, etc. that quality control at the Mint was never a real concern.)

MikeInFL

Thank you for the explanation. It does seem to me that the designs of the time were in higher relief than the mint was able to produce. Never would have happened if Barber didn't die. Take care...Mike

[edit -- I still can't spell]

MadMarty

Hi Matt!

Franklins!!!

PTVETTER

It's not just the series but different dates and mints. There is no easy answer to your question.

ChangeInHistory

<< <i>Hi Matt!

Franklins!!! >>



You haven't made an AU-58 in years!

ChangeInHistory

<< <i>It's not just the series but different dates and mints. There is no easy answer to your question. >>



I'm not really looking for an answer, just stirring up a discussion. I'm thinking that many of the harder to grade series come from this era.

ChangeInHistory

ttt

koynekwest

High relief, bad strikes, worn out dies often used all compound the grading on these. I think the technology was there-all the first years of issue dates are usually excellent examples-it's when economy measures were undertaken to extend the die life that the designs suffered.

RYK

I have no clue how to grade buffalo nickels. To me, they are all one of two grades: circulated or uncirculated.