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My most embarrassing submission ever - time to quit?

From time to time I post 'Got grades' threads. Using I do OK with my grading. Today I received grades from NCG. Needless to say, I was far, far off. Without further ado:

001 1884 CANADA 5C MS OBV SCRATCHED *I thought the scratch was too light to count. This is a small coin and the scratch is hardly noticable when holding the coin. An image really shows it though.

002 1885 CANADA 25C MS OBV IMPROPERLY CLEANED
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003 1917 CANADA 25C MS IMPROPERLY CLEANED (ex CCCS AU50 no problem coin)
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004 1948 CANADA 50C MS POLISHED
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005 1961 CANADA S$1 PL 65 NGC and PCGS can't tell a Canadian P-L from MS. This is a MS coin. Wanted Cameo on this one.
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edited to add: P.S. these were free submissions.

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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    I've had situations like this before, the coins just never made it to NGC because I discovered what they really were after their purchase at home. It increased my attention when buying from that specific dealer, and the others too, there's always something positive to learn especially if the submissions were free.

    I like that 61 dollar.
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  • SYRACUSIANSYRACUSIAN Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭✭
    You can always resell the 1917 in its open CCCS flip, Clankeye was doing it all the time.


    Back when he was selling his Canadian coins that he had in an album, but he had kept the flips.Everybody believed him because he's a good guy, I don't know about you though. image
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,455 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks syracusian, your confidence in me is overwhelming. image

    DPOTD-3
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    Don
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Everybody believed him because he's a good guy,I don't know about you though. image >>



    I want to defend Ajaan, he is a good guy. He is as blind as a bat and as dumb as an ox, but he is a good guy!image
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,455 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>He is as blind as a bat and as dumb as an ox, >>


    You've been talking to my wife again?

    DPOTD-3
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    Don
  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>He is as blind as a bat and as dumb as an ox, >>


    You've been talking to my wife again? >>



    She said "Ajaan is strong like bull, smart like tractor."
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  • coinpicturescoinpictures Posts: 5,345 ✭✭✭
    Wow! And I thought I sucked getting 6 bodybags out of 24 on my last submission.

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    Don't feel bad though -- at least yours were free. I paid full freight for all of mine. image
  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,455 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>She said "Ajaan is strong like bull, smart like tractor." >>


    That was my girlfriend, not my wife. image

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  • AethelredAethelred Posts: 9,288 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>She said "Ajaan is strong like bull, smart like tractor." >>


    That was my girlfriend, not my wife. image >>



    Who can keep track?
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,432 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i><< He is as blind as a bat and as dumb as an ox, >> >>



    Thats what I like about this place... a point here and a point there without all the bull in betweenimage

    And one would think there has to be a bull around here somewhere...

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  • WhiteTornadoWhiteTornado Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
    When you submitted them, maybe you were still light headed over the prospect of hitting the 1,000-mark on your eBay feedback imageimage
  • worldcoinguyworldcoinguy Posts: 3,019 ✭✭✭✭
    It is reassuring to know we are all human. image
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    "time to quit?"

    No, it just means they know you. It's time to start submitting them in Kelly's name.
    "It's far easier to fight for principles, than to live up to them." Adlai Stevenson
  • MacCrimmonMacCrimmon Posts: 7,058 ✭✭✭


    << <i>It is reassuring to know we are all human. image >>



    ....especially ajaan.imageimage
  • 005 1961 CANADA S$1 PL 65 NGC and PCGS can't tell a Canadian P-L from MS. This is a MS coin. Wanted Cameo on this one.

    Hard to tell from a scan, but that one appears to be a PL. The squared off denticles, the mirror fields, ...
  • 005 1961 CANADA S$1 PL 65 NGC and PCGS can't tell a Canadian P-L from MS. This is a MS coin. Wanted Cameo on this one.

    Yup ... PCGS has a real problem correctly attributing Canadian coins ... that's why I got out of grayside collecting for now.
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  • << <i>005 1961 CANADA S$1 PL 65 NGC and PCGS can't tell a Canadian P-L from MS. This is a MS coin. Wanted Cameo on this one. >>



    If I remember correctly... I think I called that grade when you posted that dollar a few weeks back.

    Obviously, I'm a whizz-bang grading expert--and you should have run all those coins by me before submission. image

    Dimitri--how am I going to continue to run my scams with you bringing them up here on the forum?


    Clankeye
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  • ajaanajaan Posts: 17,455 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sorry Clank:



    << <i>I will go on record as PL64. The obverse looks really clean--I'm being conservative because of the tics on the canoe. A nice coin >>


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  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    From time to time I post 'Got grades' threads. Using I do OK with my grading. Today I received grades from NCG. Needless to say, I was far, far off.

    That's why I only buy them fresh from the RCM. image
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    Obscurum per obscurius


  • << <i><< I will go on record as PL64. The obverse looks really clean--I'm being conservative because of the tics on the canoe. A nice coin >> >>



    Darn! My memory's as bad as my grading.

    Pretty close though. I'm pretty conservative most of the time. I sent a Washington Quarter into PCGS hoping for a 64 one time and it came back a 67.
    Brevity is the soul of wit. --William Shakespeare
  • shirohniichanshirohniichan Posts: 4,992 ✭✭✭
    I sent a Washington Quarter into PCGS hoping for a 64 one time and it came back a 67.

    PCGS will have a grading position for you when they tighten up again. image
    image
    Obscurum per obscurius
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