PCGS Photo Grading Contest #2 RESULTS!

Danye West

Thank you to everybody who participated. We had over 50 contestants!

Here were the grades of the coins:

1-AU58
2-MS63
3-AU50
4-MS65RD
5-AU50
6-VF25
7-64DMPL
8-65FBL
9-VF35
10-AU55

Here are the scores. Congratulations to our winners!

Name: Correct: Close: Wrong: Score:

Cameonut2011 9 1 1 95% #1
Pokeplayer101 8 2 0 90% #2
Messydesk 6 3 1 75% #3
Rollerman 6 3 1 75% #3
HiBucky 6 2 2 70%
Coinkat 4 6 0 70%
Ms70 4 5 2 65%
TheDukeK 5 2 3 60%
Wondercoin 4 4 2 60%
Morgandollar1878 3 6 1 60%
LRCTom 6 0 4 60%
Cnncoins 3 6 1 60%
JeffersonFrog 4 4 2 60%
1Bustcollector 3 5 2 55%
JeffMTampa 5 1 4 55%
Jedm 4 3 3 55%
Mannie Gray 4 2 4 50%
Dlmtorts 4 2 4 50%
SSR 3 4 3 50%
Georgiacop50 2 6 2 50%
10000lakes 3 3 4 45%
PocketArt 2 5 3 45%
AUandAG 2 5 3 45%
JKT 2 5 3 45%
Logger7 3 3 4 45%
ChrisH821 3 3 4 45%
Slider23 3 3 4 45%
Hchcoin 1 7 2 45%
DrewU 2 5 3 45%
Stealer 3 2 5 40%
DollarAfterDollar 2 4 4 40%
SmithAuctionCo 3 2 5 40%
HalfCollector 3 2 4 40%
1630Boston 3 2 5 40%
Insider2 2 4 4 40%
jtlee321 3 1 6 35%
BryceM 2 3 5 35%
CommemKing 2 3 5 35%
Claychaser 2 3 5 35%
DoubleJCoins 1 5 4 35%
Amwldcoin 2 3 5 35%
Gummibear 1 5 4 35%
Fairlaneman 3 0 7 30%
WaterSport 1 4 5 30%
Diswin 1 4 5 30%
Ricko 1 3 6 25%
AngryTurtle 0 5 5 25%
Wmwood 1 4 5 30%
Roadrunner 1 5 4 35%
Jerseycat101 1 4 5 25%
JohnnyCache 1 3 6 25%

PocketArt

Thanks Danye for all the effort into contest! Congrats to Cameonut2011! Good job Pokeplayer101, Messydesk, and Rollerman for placement.

ms70

Thanks Danye! This was great fun! Congrats to the winners!

AUandAG

I was third from the bottom and boy did I move up this time! (probably the only way to go!)

fun, thanks,
bob

Rollerman

Thanks for putting this contest on the forum. I find it's fun and challenging. I (we?) appreciate it!
Best regards,
Pete

Fairlaneman

Yikes!! I am in trouble with 29 coins at PCGS for Grading. Thanks Much for the Contest. It was Fun.

Ken

JeffMTampa

Fun and educational at the same time; a great idea. Nice diversity of coins as well. Thanks for organizing!!

coinkat

Thanks for setting this up. What a terrific mixture of coins with nice images offering a challenge for those that chose to participate.

Afew comments as to my grading rationale-

I would like to start with the 1916 SLQ and the 1916-D merc. I liked the quarter more than the dime. I was thinking 35 on the quarter and settled on 30. I thought it was better than a 25-I thought the reverse helped the cause. The Merc was nice and I thought 30 was on the money and it wasn't.

I liked the 1849... And like the other coins, I tried my best to grade these the way our host would. And I was too harsh at 55

The 1915 20 was a challenge - the arm and the rays prevented me from going higher than 63. I do think this is a lovely coin and quality for the grade at 63.

I was harsh on the 1892-o which is a micro o... I think?

I liked the 1920 cent... Terrific coin

The Morgan had a tad too much activity in the fields for a 65 in my view. And the counter to that view is that the activity is magnified because of the mirrored fields. Still a very attractive coin for the grade.

The Franklin image was fantastic-again terrific coin and high end for the grade.

Again thanks for the time you put into putting this together.

ricko

Congratulations @Cameonut2011..... I did not do well on that one... No excuses... will do better next time.. Cheers, RickO

mannie gray

Fun contest, thank you.

morgandollar1878

That was a challenging group to judge, it was fun trying. Please continue to post these contests.

1630Boston

Interesting results, thanks