Economy grades in 31 days! (VAMs)

DennisH

Thank you PCGS for the fast turnaround time! I was really hoping these would be done before Christmas. All coins submitted raw. Last 5 on invoice were DNCs when tried as crossovers.

Line # Item # Cert # PCGS No. CoinDate Denomination Variety Country Grade

1 1 10794368 7072 1878 8TF $1 US XF40
VAM 14.15, was ANACS-40, submitted for a friend

2 1 10794369 7072 1878 8TF $1 US AU53
VAM 14.5, raw cherrypick, submitted for a friend

3 1 10794370 7296 1921 $1 Morgan US MS62
VAM 4 Wide Reeding, raw cherrypick

4 1 10794371 7296 1921 $1 Morgan US MS62
VAM 27A Wide Reeding, raw cherrypick

5 1 10794372 7296 1921 $1 Morgan US MS63
VAM 27A Wide Reeding, raw cherrypick

6 1 10794373 7296 1921 $1 Morgan US MS62
VAM 27 Wide Reeding, raw cherrypick

7 1 10794374 7296 1921 $1 Morgan US MS63
VAM 27A Wide Reeding, raw cherrypick

8 1 10794375 7258 1899 $1 US Cleaned
was PCI-63, 2nd BB, submitted for a friend

9 1 10794376 7124 1881 $1 US Cleaned
was PCI-66, 2nd BB, submitted for a friend

10 1 10794377 7090 1879-O $1 US Altered Surface
was PCI-65, 2nd BB, submitted for a friend

11 1 10794378 7078 1878 7/8TF $1 Strong US MS64
was SEGS-65, BB last try, submitted for a friend

12 1 10794379 7188 1889 $1 US MS64
was PCI-66, BB last try, submitted for a friend

Total Items: 12
Date Received: 11/20/2006
Grades Posted: 12/21/2006

Wolf359

Your friend sucks!

A 14.15! Is the die crack visible?

RobJoyce1921dVAMguy

They are playing favorites! My economy logged in 11/15 from Baltimore is still in process. No xmas gift here!

Nice set of coins. I see your wide reeds all worked out fine!

Out of curiosity, how often do your BB's make it through on another trip? I've had a couple BBs make it on a second try as well as a couple DNCs that I tried again.

Rob

DennisH

Rob:

Locals get faster turnarounds. (I wish!)

Just a guess here; I've never stopped to take inventory and figure that out. I'd say about 20% of them make it on a second try as a crossover. If I crack them out it's maybe double that.

The best thing about the wide reeds is they were just $22 each.

nesvt

Nice. Those BB's would have disappointed me, but then I looked up the values of the first two coins.

Coxe

Nice pair of 8TF; goes without saying really though.

I have a number of submissions in the pipeline. One is a CLUB voucher one of crossovers (VAMs -- mainly DMPLS, if that isn't scary). I thought they generally did those ones fast so perhaps soon. However, my PCGS slabs for just variety attribution, submitted at the same time, haven't shown up yet. Someone clogging the Mike Faraone pipeline? (.....besides me?)

John91C

What does BB mean?

Coxe

<< <i>What does BB mean? >>



Body Bag --> a coin returned ungraded because of a problem like cleaning -- usually in a flip with an explanation tag.

BigDaddyz

I'm curious as to why they were BB the first time, that they passed the second time

Wolf359

<< <i>I'm curious as to why they were BB the first time, that they passed the second time >>



Well that's the grading game isn't it? One expert's opinion doesn't match another. However, there's also the perception that inferior coins go into SEGS, PCI, ACG and NTC holders. So, it must be a problem coin of some sort and PCGS tends to body-bag those.

Cracking it out avoids that bias, and the grader gets a better look at the coin surface as well.

DennisH

Jack:

Yes, the crack is most certainly there!