Easiest/Hardest For You To Grade??

MisterBungle

Okay, so which series do you feel comfortable grading,
and which series do you struggle with??

I feel comfortable grading Morgans, and really struggle
with Buffalos.

Your turn.

~

ziggy29

Hardest for me are trimes and Buffs. Easiest for me are probably IHCs when circulated and Morgans in MS.

OKbustchaser

I am competent grading bust material...as for Morgans, I haven't got a clue. This is simply because I never felt the urge to learn anything about such an ugly coin.

Russ

Hardest for me are Mercs and Buffs. I have a terrible time distinguishing between wear and weak strikes on those two series.

Russ, NCNE

Newcomp103

Circulated Lincoln wheat cents are an issue for me...(especially is they are really brown!)

STONE

Indian $2.50 are the hardest for me, with the easiest being all Barber Coins and Indian Cents

BECOKA

Easiest Indian Half Eagles/Eagles

Hardest: Mercury dimes in the MS range

mgoodm3

bust series give me trouble. MS wise, I'm most comfortable with Morgans, just out of shear volume.

LincolnCentMan

Three cent silvers are IMHO the most difficult to grade. They are exceedingly small and lack details to judge wear level.

-David

lkrarecoins

I couldnt grade a buffalo to save my life...nor can I grade anything incuse

I have some issues with Peace dollars as well because of weak strikes...

I'm best with Morgans, Barber coinage, and Seated coinage...

Rollerman

<< <i>Okay, so which series do you feel comfortable grading,
and which series do you struggle with??

I feel comfortable grading Morgans, and really struggle
with Buffalos.

Your turn.

~ >>



My experience is the same as yours, but I have worked with more Morgans for a longer time period than any other...and I think they are a beautiful coin.

Best wishes at Christmas,
Pete

NumisOxide

I'm pretty confident in grading most seated material but Feuchtwanger Cents give me the most trouble. That's why I'm starting to collect them, I want to learn more about his tokens and one day master the grading of them. I can try, right!

CaptainRon

EZ'est Walkers or IHC's

Hardest -- Just about everthing else. But I like to pretend

Ron

richardshipp

Even though I'm fairly new at this grading is pretty easy.........

I just read what's on the TPG label



OK, OK, so it wasn't that funny...


Truly I am still learning but have found that I can pretty closely get the Morgans in MS; Washington's in MS; and do OK on 64 and higher Buffalo Nickels.

Can't grade worth crap on IH Gold; and any Classic Commem especially if they have toning.

PerryHall

Hardest---Coins pictured on typical eBay listings
Easiest---Coins in PCGS slabs

jabba

Im good with Morgans but early Dollars are very hard do to weak stike's.

TheRaven

Circulated Barbers, especially in the lower grades I know.....

Mint State Morgans I know decently well.....

Hardest: Buffalo Nickels and probably Peace Dollars.....

RickMilauskas

For me, Morgans and Washingtons the easiest.

Buffalo nickels and trimes the most difficult.

cape

buffaloes are easy , but the strikes are different date by date. i guess trade dollars are the hardest for me to grade.

Baley

Easiest by far are Morgans; I can grade them backwards, forwards, upside down, to within half a point.

Hardest is early copper, honorable mention going to incuse indian gold.

Tonedbuff

Getting good at buffs (though some dates can still throw you for a loop). Also pretty good with Morgans.

Gold is all impossible... and washington quarters can be tough as heck.

ziggy29

You know what I think would be really tough if you frequently saw them considerably circulated?

Ikes. You'd have to grade almost entirely by the reverse.

bhartman35

I'm most confident in Morgans. Buffaloes, I have no clue.

Burks

<< <i>Hardest for me are Mercs and Buffs. I have a terrible time distinguishing between wear and weak strikes on those two series.

Russ, NCNE >>



I agree. Those two give me fits.

Easiest are Morgans.

Fairlaneman

Easiest....Merc Dimes. Hardest.....Modern Stuff.

Ken

ccex

I can grade Barber coins, especially Dimes, to within various gradations of AG, as well as XF-40/45/AU 50/53 etc.

Trimes are impossible for me to grade accurately, as are incuse Indian gold and Buffalo nickels.

mirabela

Things I feel pretty good with include Unc Jeffersons & Morgans, and circ seated & Barber types.

Early copper & Indian $2.50's & $5's I'm not very confident with at all.

There's some more esoteric stuff like bust gold and flowing hair silver that I haven't a clue with.

Circ classic commems I find pretty tough also, but then again who cares?

clackamas

Easiest Lincolns and Jeffs. Hardest Buffs and seated coins (MS)

Coxe

Morgans are easiest. Peace dollars are the hardest. Incuse Indian gold is not easy either and same with Buffalo nickels.

Nic

Hardest in unc. 64+ ... incuse gold. Easiest ... moderns . K

MFH

Hardest are Buffalo Nickels & MS SLQ's, easiest are Barbers.

jpkinla

Very comfortable with $10 Indians & $20 Saints....$5 Indians are tougher.....

BigE

Easiest is gold for me because of the softness of the metal and luster, the hardest is early commems because each issue is different and so are the wear points-------------BigE

yellowjacket

I feel most confident with Buffalos, Mercury Dimes, Walkers and Lincolns.

Garrow

pharmer

Pretty good with Lincoln wheats, Washington 25c, Roosevelts, Morgans.

Cannot EVEN do buffs.

elwood

Easiest....Seated

Hardest...Walkers ( I just don't understand the coins I see and the holders they're in???) They all look overgraded to me.
Saints usually look overgraded to me too.

rec78

Easiest-seated-morgans, lincoln wheats
Hardest-Walkers Elwood

Also hard Peace dollars and circulated moderns- Most circulated moderns can be found in pocket change-There is no need to differentiate between a G and a XF on modern circulated coins that you can get at face value.

Jcarney

Most comfortable: Franklins in MS, Lincolns
Least comfortable: Buffalos.

Jcarney

<< <i>Circulated Lincoln wheat cents are an issue for me...(especially is they are really brown!) >>



I struggle with the line between VF and EF. When I feel a tinge of doubt about grading one EF, I just call it a VF. Here's my 1909S VDB. Most folks that have seen it call it an EF. I think it's right on the line and therefore a VF35.

Jcarney

<< <i>You know what I think would be really tough if you frequently saw them considerably circulated?

Ikes. You'd have to grade almost entirely by the reverse. >>



Same deal with Franklins. Those bald guys are tough.

homerunhall

For me, the easiest to grade are Morgan dollars.

The hardest...$2.5 and $5 Indians.

hrh

MisterBungle

I guess I should add that I feel pretty
good about net-grading early large
cents. I've just been doing it so long.

I don't do it with other people's cents
though, because no one wants to be
told that their 45 detail coin nets out
at 10 because of surface problems.

~

billboat

Morgans are easy--I tend to be too conservative on CBHs

Shamika

Easiest would be Buffalo nickels and Lincoln cents because they are my specialty.

Hardest are Indian quarter eagles and half eagles.

123cents

Easiest--Bust Half Dollars
Hardest--$2.50 &$5.00 Gold Indians

mr1931S

"Here's my 1909S VDB. Most folks that have seen it call it an EF. I think it's right on the line and therefore a VF35."

My opinion: It really is EF (not choice, however) but more importantly, it's genuine.

mr1931S

To answer the question of the thread, I have some difficulty with grading gold, especially the incuse issues. I can accurately grade most other coins, if they circulated, needing only a second or so of lightning bolt, however.