My PCGS coins arrived home today! Pics Included...

Meltdown

I'm always so happy when these get mailed back... after a month of waiting & wondering it's fun to re-discover
what I sent off and try and determine if I can understand the assigned grades a bit better.

I'm happy with most of the results, except for this 1859 Seated Half.
There must be some hairlines on there somewhere.




The CC morgan I was expecting VG-8 so I'm happy with VG-10.




I would hgave liked XF-45 on the 76-S Trade dollar, but it is a bit dark with luster underneath.





This one I cracked from an old anacs AU55 slab. It has some die polish lines over PL fields
so I wasn't sure if this one would grade or not.




This 1876 CC half made my week! I thought for sure it was a VF35 with a shot at XF-40 -
So I'm very pleased with XF-45. I bought it raw here on the BST.

guitarwes

I think I see your fingertips reflecting on that Trade $, cool. Very Proofylike.

Nice grades. Those pestering hairlines (if that's the case) can hid from you, especially when the coin looks that good. You tend to get blinded a little. That happened with me once on a mid-AU Capped Bust Half with darker grey/green toning.

derryb

dbcoin

You have a good eye!! I think you did well. The Genuine bothers me. I see nothing wrong.

Meltdown

<< <i>You have a good eye!! I think you did well. The Genuine bothers me. I see nothing wrong. >>



Yeah, It looks really clean to me. I thought maybe even MS61.

The two Carson City results confirm what I have experienced in the past with submission results.
They are just a bit more generous with their grades on CC pieces.

HoledandCreative

Nice coins. Especially that 78-S.

Boom

Nice coins! The Genuine piece looks way nice too!

Congrats.

kaz

Nice! All would be welcome in my collection. The PL TD is very cool.

Constantine

DIMEMAN

Nice coins. The 59 half SHOULD have graded.

pakasmom

Hey Brian, Is this one of those thinly veiled, "Grades in" S-P-A-M thingys?

If it is... I'll take that gennie off your hands.

Bochiman

No kidding.....don't let keets see this thread

ChrisRx

DrBuster

on the 1859....how is that just genuine?? I don't see it.

Meltdown

<< <i>No kidding.....don't let keets see this thread >>



I have no hard feelings towards Keets. He's just speaking his mind.
But it does sound like summer needs to get here a little quicker for him so he can step away from the keyboard
for a while.

I would love to have a conversation with the graders on that 1859. I just don't see the hairlines and I looked
really close after getting that one home. Do I understand correctly that there is now a "digital image" of that coin
so re-submitting it would be a waste of time & money?

TennesseeDave

I think the 78-S Trade $ is better than 53,and I also don't see anything wrong with your 59 seated half.Send it back in for the Quarterly freebie.

SkyMan

Good going!

stman

On that 1859 half, I'm not experienced with Seated material but I can spot problems very well on Bust. Not sure if it's hairlined..... but I wouldn't
jump up and down and scream original either. Looks like secondary toning. Might have been cleaned with a light abrasive, or perhaps a chemical cleaning.
Something tells me it just might have hairlines, which they usually slab anyway. But things have changed a bit.

TomB

The 1876-S TD is quite lovely and I am very happy you received an EF45 on your 1876-CC Seated half since I also purchased an 1876-CC Seated half this week with slightly more meat and I had graded mine EF40. The 1859 Seated half has surfaces that don't "feel" completely correct from the images, but that is a vague complaint on my part.

BillyGoatsGruff