Vicky Farthing set - all MS at last!

wybrit

Rather amusing. I bought an 1852 farthing, and tried to cross it over from NGC - DNC. So I sent it again as a crackout, and it crossed over to the original grade (it should have before anyway). That piece completes the farthing set. I'm not done though, there are some pretty sad looking pieces in the set I'd like to upgrade.

ajaan

Nice looking coin. Once tried to cross an ACG? MS63RD 1901 Penny. Didn't cross. Cracked it out, sent it in, came back MS64RD. I would never send in a World coin to PCGS for crossing. Always crack it out.

7Jaguars

And I would second that!

asheland

That's a beautiful coin!

SYRACUSIAN

@ajaan said:
Nice looking coin. Once tried to cross an ACG? MS63RD 1901 Penny. Didn't cross. Cracked it out, sent it in, came back MS64RD. I would never send in a World coin to PCGS for crossing. Always crack it out.

I cannot agree on the always part. Cracking a coin out always carries a risk, and I've seen some pretty disappointed crackers of very valuable coins over the years.

I have a farthing set too, all MS, most RD and PCGS but it's a 1917-1956.

wybrit

@SYRACUSIAN said:

@ajaan said:
Nice looking coin. Once tried to cross an ACG? MS63RD 1901 Penny. Didn't cross. Cracked it out, sent it in, came back MS64RD. I would never send in a World coin to PCGS for crossing. Always crack it out.

I cannot agree on the always part. Cracking a coin out always carries a risk, and I've seen some pretty disappointed crackers of very valuable coins over the years.

I have a farthing set too, all MS, most RD and PCGS but it's a 1917-1956.

I agree - I've had my share of disappointments in the crackout game, but I've also had successes. I almost never do crossovers now unless they do a quarterly special incentive. Reason for that is my submissions are small in size and I don't want multiple shipping and handing fees adding up.

TwoKopeiki

Nice coin!

As for the cross-over discussion - I've had a number of cases where PCGS would DNC the coin only to grade it when submitted raw, but also some cases where they would indicate a details grade on a raw coin and then crossed it without any issues once NGC straight-graded it. At the end of the day, trust your own judgment.