Gambled w/some crackouts... and won! Grades back from our host, and I'm doin' a happy dance! (UPDAT

lordmarcovan · June 24, 2014 3:32PM

Man, I'm psyched. I took a chance and cracked some ICG and NGC material from my Box of 20 and sent them to PCGS.

The results exceeded my expectations considerably.

Better yet, the bigger wins came on the "better" coins, for the most part, and the only coin that didn't grade was a cheap bulk bag cherrypick which had cost me maybe ten cents, so it's no disappointment- I'll make money on it regardless. The rest are going back into the Box of 20.

I went out on a limb here, and was a little nervous on a few of these, but the risk paid off.

As of this posting, the TrueViews aren't showing up yet (but all the above will have them).

In the meantime, here are the "before" pictures.

Now PCGS MS63

Now PCGS AU55

Now PCGS XF40

Now PCGS PR65 DCAM

Now PCGS PR62 DCAM

Now PCGS MS63+

Now PCGS XF45

SmEagle1795 · June 24, 2014 3:39PM

Holy cow! Very well done!! Did you get any of them TruViewed (especially the Aethelred II)?

Your happy dance is well deserved

lordmarcovan · June 24, 2014 3:46PM

They're ALL TrueViewed, which was a big reason I cracked most of them. I was happy enough with the existing plastic grades, but wanted better pictures (and PCGS plastic is nice to have anyway).

Can't wait to see the TrueViews, but apparently the grades just posted so the cert number links aren't working yet. I expect I should be able to see those in the next day or so?

mnemtsas2 · June 24, 2014 3:56PM

Nicely done LordM

Swampboy · June 24, 2014 3:59PM

<< <i>They're ALL TrueViewed, which was a big reason I cracked most of them. I was happy enough with the existing plastic grades, but wanted better pictures (and PCGS plastic is nice to have anyway).

Can't wait to see the TrueViews, but apparently the grades just posted so the cert number links aren't working yet. I expect I should be able to see those in the next day or so? >>

You bet!
My money's on weds for your TVs.
You should get an email soon.

Congrats!!

Oh, and do post a video of you doing the happy dance.

lordmarcovan · June 24, 2014 5:38PM

<< <i>You bet!
My money's on weds for your TVs.
You should get an email soon.

Congrats!!

Oh, and do post a video of you doing the happy dance.

>>

Cool. Maybe I'll have TrueViews to share tomorrow night.

I'm anticipating them almost as much as I did the grades, now.

As to the dancing video, it's really too bad the old Open Forum went away. I once had a "Go Ahead- Photoshop Me" thread, where people took my Holey Coin Hat avatar picture and Photoshopped it into all sorts of things. That thread was really a hoot.

One of the animated gifs was a remake of that "dancing guy" gif, which somebody stuck my head on. The image is probably still out there in cyberspace- all those pix were in a Photobucket album somebody made- but I can't find 'em now, and the Open Forum is long gone.

I guess this one will just have to do.

Boosibri · June 24, 2014 5:59PM

Great results, good work!

coinkat · June 24, 2014 7:32PM

well played-congrats

LanceNewmanOCC · June 24, 2014 7:45PM

lordmarcovan · June 24, 2014 8:43PM

Lance- thanks! You rock!

Now, about that creepy-lookin' avatar of yours...

PS- hmm... those are prolly the PCGS Secure pix rather than the TrueViews, I guess? Or is it the same diff?

Love how the Aethelred penny came out.

Not so enamored of how the Venetian grosso and a few others came out, but eh, they're still way better pix than I could produce myself.

PS- on second thought, I think the Venetian TrueView pix are accurate to the coin's in-hand appearance. Original pix might have been juiced slightly. Or, more likely, just lit differently.

RogerDodger · June 24, 2014 8:44PM

nice coins!

7Jaguars · June 24, 2014 10:46PM

LM, I think you did right to crack out for the obvious reason as well (and I would bet money on this that can not now be proven). My experience is that when coins are submitted in "foreign" slabs like NGC or ICG that hosts have a certain bit of, well, snobbiness and hit the grade down a bit. I did the same with two farthings not long ago that I knew were proof and graded on the low side in MS by NGC, cracked them out and they came back as IMO correctly graded by hosts at Proof 64 brown and Proof 65 RB.

Anyway, congratulations on some nice results there.

TPRC · June 24, 2014 10:57PM

That is awesome!! Good eye!

TwoSides2aCoin · June 24, 2014 11:49PM

P.S. I love your enthusiasm. (but don't take that the wrong way. I meant it strictly numismatically, in an artistic, historic, economic, storytelling sort of way )

bronzemat · June 25, 2014 12:22AM

Congrats, Rob!

steveben · June 25, 2014 1:35AM

great results. the 63+ is not a bad downgrade i think.

PCGSPhoto · June 25, 2014 2:23AM

For the official TrueView of the gilt 1/2d I liked the cameo and the some of the subdued luster:

But still I took a shot of the fields as well:

The TrueView emails should go out once the coins are shipped.

By the way the your TrueView email, TrueView cert page, and TrueView info page will be altered/updated in the coming weeks.

Zohar · June 25, 2014 2:24AM

Awesome!

joeykoins · June 25, 2014 3:27AM

Congrats. You caught the boys at PCGS, at the right time and place, in a very giving and good mood! The ex-NGC 1806 had to be the biggest surprise. Nice results, dude. You give anyone who considers "crack-outs" a big boost in confidence. Good job and good for you.-joey

NiceCurrency · June 25, 2014 4:09AM

that Aethelred is a stunner

CoinJunkie · June 25, 2014 4:29AM

Well done all around, and very cool that Phil posted the alternate TrueView!

canadacolornut · June 25, 2014 4:45AM

Beautiful!!!

Slobbering...........

oreville · June 25, 2014 6:20AM

cOOL!

asheland · June 25, 2014 6:51AM

lordmarcovan · June 25, 2014 8:10AM

Hey, Phil. Thanks for the alt TrueView. I think it is a good supplement to the official one. But I agree that the official one should be the primary, since it shows the contrast.

Your work was, as I have mentioned, my prime impetus behind the cracking and conversion of these.

marcmoish · June 25, 2014 9:02AM

you done better than good holey moley indeed!

That 1723 Brit 1S is a darling of a gem!

PBRat · June 25, 2014 11:50AM

Very nice.

I especially like the Aethelred II. Looks like the reverse text is +EA/DPOL/D M'O CENT, which would be Canterbury Mint, and Eadweald or Eadwold as moneyer. He must have traveled a bit, as my S-1151 is also Eadweald, but from the London Mint.

PCGS seems to accept peck marks on these early Anglo-Saxon coins a little more than other TPGs, which interpret them as damage or wear.

worldcoinguy · June 25, 2014 12:59PM

Congrats on the results.

lordmarcovan · June 25, 2014 7:28PM

Ta-dahh. Behold the TrueViews.

Steve27 · June 26, 2014 12:48AM

Wow, super results, and nice pics too!

Gambled w/some crackouts... and won! Grades back from our host, and I'm doin' a happy dance! (UPDAT

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