PCGS Grades What?!

keyman64 · March 29, 2016 2:35PM

Care to educate me? What is their significance and why does PCGS grade them?

I've never seen this before. They posted in CoinFacts on 3-25-2016.

PR66

PR63

illini420 · March 29, 2016 4:35PM

The are "squared quarters" made just before 1984. They are in the book on Unusual World Coins. Basically, they were made by having a computer scan in the round design of the Washington Quarter, then have the computer stretch that design into a square shape. Pretty high tech stuff for the early 1980s I guess. There's a little booklet that comes with these that explains the process. They were done in 1/4 oz silver (thin planchet) and 1/2 oz silver (thick planchet). There were also a few done in gold.

I had these graded, submitted them at the Long Beach show in February and thought they would be fun to get holdered

They look good in the slabs w/ the 30th anniversary green label

Mike

keyman64 · March 29, 2016 4:45PM

Thanks Mike. "Unusual World Coins"....does this mean they are a coin for another country? What country?

Or are they just some type of dcarr or Gallery Mint type of product? Who made them?

Based on my limited knowledge of what PCGS has refused to grade, it surprises me that PCGS grades them I guess.

They are neat though. Congrats!

illini420 · March 29, 2016 4:46PM

Originally posted by: keyman64
Thanks Mike. "Unusual World Coins"....does this mean they are a coin for another country? What country?
Or are they just some type of dcarr or Gallery Mint type of product? Who made them?
Based on my limited knowledge of what PCGS has refused to grade, it surprises me that PCGS grades them I guess.

They are neat though. Congrats!

They were privately minted. They are listed in the Unusual World Coins book under United States of America... and so are a few of Dan Carr's coins, though PCGS has not yet graded any of those despite saying on their site that they'll grade coins listed in this reference... just a matter of time I think...

ricko · March 29, 2016 9:30PM

Would be a neat find in change....

Cheers, RickO

bolivarshagnasty · March 29, 2016 10:25PM

Originally posted by: ricko

Would be a neat find in change....

Cheers, RickO

Especially so for someone under the influence. LOL

AmazonX · March 29, 2016 10:36PM

Those are very cool. I can see them being used in a movie that is set in an alternate world.

MonsterCoinz · March 29, 2016 11:38PM

I saw these and wondered the same thing.

VanHalen · March 30, 2016 12:20AM

CoinFacts link?

keyman64 · March 30, 2016 1:27AM

Originally posted by: VanHalen

CoinFacts link?

PCGSCoinFacts.com then click on New Images and scroll through the pages.

messydesk · March 30, 2016 2:01AM

I just wrote a quick program (simple program, grayscale image, nearest neighbor image sampling rather than bilinear interpolation, not optimized to eliminate redundant calculations) to convert a round coin to a square one. The results are a bit more dramatic than the results above, as the design now contains sharp corners, but it's pretty accurate. The reverse is pretty cool, actually.

brg5658 · March 30, 2016 2:11AM

Originally posted by: messydesk

I just wrote a quick program (simple program, grayscale image, nearest neighbor image sampling rather than bilinear interpolation, not optimized to eliminate redundant calculations) to convert a round coin to a square one. The results are a bit more dramatic than the results above, as the design now contains sharp corners, but it's pretty accurate. The reverse is pretty cool, actually.

Very cool! I agree, the reverse looks sweet. Though, I do like the slightly smoother rendition of the 1984 piece. Fun exercise in homeomorphism.

Bodin · March 30, 2016 2:23AM

Ok, now do the Norfolk Commemorative! There's more circles on that thing than on Sesame Street!

messydesk · March 30, 2016 3:13AM

pocketpiececommems · March 30, 2016 3:27AM

A square peg in a round hole??

VanHalen · March 30, 2016 4:03AM

Originally posted by: keyman64

Originally posted by: VanHalen

CoinFacts link?

PCGSCoinFacts.com then click on New Images and scroll through the pages.

Thank you. I had not viewed CoinFacts images through that portal.

DIMEMAN · March 30, 2016 4:21AM

I must be a pure coin collector.....these don't interest me at all.

illini420 · April 1, 2016 6:46AM

messydesk, very good job with squaring the quarter using modern technology. The brochure that comes with these acknowledges that they made slight changes to the design to make it look a bit better as the computer read out of turning the quarter into a square made parts of the design a little too odd.

Here's what it looks like in the new old green holder

Even though my photo of it came out a little dark...

2ltdjorn · April 1, 2016 8:01AM

What's the price?

Looks cool.

I would be an interest d buyer

Pm me

CelinaCoin · April 1, 2016 9:46AM

The Norfolk piece definitely has a klippe look. Pretty cool

sparky64 · April 1, 2016 11:01AM

Illini's slabbed coin is really cool. Never seen those before.

Meesydesks renditions are awesome too. I'd be running all kinds of coins through that program.

That Norfolk is almost a frame worthy wall hanger.

cameonut2011 · April 1, 2016 12:33PM

Originally posted by: messydesk

This is very attractive. I am surprised that dealers haven't created business "cards" using this technique.

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