Would this grade? (Round 2)

spoon · August 13, 2009 4:21PM

Edit - new coin added, seeking your advice

As long as I've hung out here at a TPG sponsored forum, I've still yet to submit any coins of my own for slabbing. I'm not slabophobic, I swear!

I'll probably be taking the plunge across the street soon though. At first I was thinking about resale potential, but after looking through some old keepers I'm more just curious to see how some of them would be treated.

So, here's a toughie... I'm not so sure about it. There's the spot on rev and planchet flaws/whatever on Albert's cheek and temple. Are those alone disqualifiers? If so, oh well, what do you think it would grade on the chance that it's not BB'd?

ajaan · August 13, 2009 9:30PM

NGC --- yep
PCGS 50/50 chance

IMO.

JCMhouston · August 13, 2009 10:13PM

Both services tend to treat planchet flaws a little more gently on the older coins so I think it has a good chance.

ajaan · August 13, 2009 10:40PM

I had a coin BBed by PCGS that had haymarking.

BS · August 13, 2009 11:31PM

<< <i>I had a coin BBed by PCGS that had haymarking. >>

Don, do you have a photo?

ajaan · August 14, 2009 12:10AM

No photo. The coin was BBed about 3-4 years ago. It was a 17th C. 6d.

Doogy · August 14, 2009 3:02AM

any reputable TPG should slab that particular coin from that era, despite the planchet flaw. To do otherwise, would simply be a cash grab intended to generate a re-submittal.

Frankly, I would be very frustrated if a TPG bagged a coin like that for a flaw of that sort; considering both major TPGs gladly slab horribly cleaned colonial American crap that deserve to be classified as 'harshly cleaned' and 'altered surfaces'.

spoon · August 14, 2009 1:19PM

Thanks guys

Considering some of the things I've seen in NGC slabs, I'd be p~~d if it didn't grade.

Here's one that should definitely be able to grade. But the question here is, do you think it could go UNC?

The pic is miserable - this is a tiny highly reflective coin. The fields are immaculate (any "lines" in the pic are lighting artifacts) and fully reflective, but the strike is somewhat weak and the high points aren't fully silvered. Or else that is cabinet friction, but I'm not so sure. This is a super thin billon coin.

So whaddya think gradewise?

Would this grade? (Round 2)

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