Grade these 20 PCGS Graded Barber Half's and win a PCGS VF Barber Half! Grades Posted

amwldcoin

Get your grades in! I'm going to post the grades after 2 weeks from the start! Everyone gets a second chance. I posted earlier the lowest grade is F12 and there are 7 VF's!

TheDukeK

1. 15
2. 12
3. 12
4. 30
5. 15
6. 15
7. 15
8. 15
9. 30
10. 15
11. 15
12. 25
13. 30
14. 30
15. 15
16. 30
17. 40
18. 30
19. 15
20. 15

dogwood

My amended second guess following my original grades, otherwise unchanged.

1/15 >20
2/10 >12
3/10 >12
4/12
5/10 >12
6/15 >20
7/12
8/15
9/20
10/20
11/12
12/12
13/15
14/15 >20
15/15
16/20
17/12
18/20
19/12
20/15

I bumped the VG10 guesses to Fine12, thanks for that hint.
3 of the Fine 15's got the bump to VF20, Thanks for that hint too, altho I still don't see 7 VFs
I was going to give #16 & 18 a commensurate bump to 25, just for liberal grading consistency, but I don't wanna die on that hill.
Final answer.

LogPotato

@LogPotato said:
I tried to grade how I felt PCGS would grade these coins. Some I would grade lower, and some I'm sure PCGS would grade even higher than I listed here. Fun contest, thanks.

15, 12, 12, 20, 12, 20, 12, 12, 25, 25, 12, 15, 15, 25, 15, 20, 15, 15, 15, 20

@LogPotato said:
I tried to grade how I felt PCGS would grade these coins. Some I would grade lower, and some I'm sure PCGS would grade even higher than I listed here. Fun contest, thanks.

20, 12, 10, 20, 12, 25, 12, 12, 25, 25, 12, 15, 15, 25, 20, 20, 15, 20, 15, 20

15, 12, 12, 20, 12, 20, 12, 12, 25, 25, 12, 15, 15, 20, 15, 20, 15, 15, 15, 20

dogwood

PocketArt

Thanks for second chance!

1.) VF30
2.) F15
3.) F15
4.) VF30
5.) F12
6.) VF30
7.) F15
8.) F15
9.) F15
10.) VF30
11.) F15
12.) VF30
13.) VF30
14.) F15
15.) F15
16.) F15
17.) F15
18.) VF30
19.) F15
20.) F15

mirabela

93 - 25; 93-O 12; 95 12; 97 15; 98-S 12; 00 15; 00-S 12; 02-S 15; 03 15; 03-O 20; 04-O 15; 05-S 15; 06-O 20; 06-S 20; 08 25; 08-S 30; 09-O 15; 09-S 15; 11-D 15; 14-S 20

Thanks for this interesting experience.

logger7

There should be time limits on these contests.

amwldcoin

Here we go! Notice they are all from the same submission. I know this was a rigged contest, there is no way anyone who can grade correctly and consistently could win this contest.

Vbowling299

there is very little consistency with those grades

shorecoll

It's an interesting issue, assuming that even if PCGS has an expert who is familiar with date/mm strike variations on these, who checks their work? Do they really have 3 such people? Who are they? Or are they simply best effort generic grades?

MFH

Well.... guess getting half right on the nose ... not terrible...
but at the consensus of opinion - the grading was inconsistent.

HoledandCreative

I thought two of them might not grade, 11-scratches and 14-date messed up.

barberkeys

Darrell - Once again, thanks for putting up this thread.

In evaluating my guesses (I was trying to guess what our hosts would say, not grading by my own standards), I got 9 the same, 7 I guessed too high, 4 too low. I guess that means our hosts were a little more conservative than I give them credit for.