PCGS Photo Grading Contest #2!

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Danye West
Danye West Posts: 193 ✭✭✭
in U.S. Coin Forum

Hey everybody,
It's been more than a month since the first PCGS photo grading contest.
We had over 30 participants last time around!

The rules:
Enter your grades for each coin below, labeled eg: 1: MS65 , 2:MS66 , 3:F12...
All these coins are straight-graded business strikes.
None have a +.
Attributes such as FB or FS just count for style points.
Full credit is given for correct grades, half credit for one point off.
Top three scores get little digital trophies they can put in their signature, in addition to bragging rights.

Here's our next set of 10 coins.
Good luck!

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  • jtlee321
    jtlee321 Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 6, 2017 11:24AM
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    Oh man, I have to go first? :#

    1. AU53
    2. MS66
    3. AU55
    4. MS65RD
    5. AU50
    6. VF35
    7. MS65PL
    8. MS65FBL
    9. VF25
    10. AU50
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  • Fairlaneman
    Fairlaneman Posts: 10,428 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Wild Guesses. Most of these I have never purchased or own.

    1. AU58
    2. MS65
    3. AU58
    4. MS63RB
    5. MS62
    6. VF35
    7. MS63
    8. MS65
    9. VF35
    10. MS64
  • 1630Boston
    1630Boston Posts: 14,157 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Best I can do with the flu:

    1. 58
    2. 65
    3. 58
    4. 67
    5. 60
    6. 30
    7. 64
    8. 66
    9. 35
    10. 63

    :smile:

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  • 10000lakes
    10000lakes Posts: 811 ✭✭✭✭
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    I will go with these.

    1. 55
    2. 65
    3. 61
    4. 66 RD
    5. 55
    6. 25
    7. 64 DMPL
    8. 64 FBL
    9. 35
    10. 61
  • BryceM
    BryceM Posts: 11,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    AU55
    MS65
    AU53
    MS63RD
    XF40
    VF25
    MS64DMPL
    MS63FBL
    VF20
    AU58

  • CommemKing
    CommemKing Posts: 2,202 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited February 6, 2017 1:46PM
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    AU58
    MS66
    AU53
    MS64RD
    XF40
    VG8
    MS66DMPL
    MS65FBL
    F12
    AU53

  • Insider2
    Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Options
    1. 62
    2. 64
    3. 61
    4. 64
    5. 53
    6. 15
    7. 64 PL
    8. 65
    9. 15
    10. 58
  • georgiacop50
    georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭
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    1. 58
    2. 66
    3. 53
    4. 66
    5. 53
    6. 25
    7. 65pl
    8. 66fb
    9. 30
    10. 62
  • jerseycat101
    jerseycat101 Posts: 1,361 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1) 63
    2) 66
    3) 55
    4) 67
    5) 45
    6) 30
    7) 66
    8) 65
    9) 25
    10) 58

  • 1Bustcollector
    1Bustcollector Posts: 584 ✭✭✭
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    1) 53
    2) 64+
    3) 53
    4) 66 Red
    5) 50
    6) 25
    7) 63 DMPL
    8) 66FBL
    9) 35
    10) 64

    Persuing choice countermarked coinage on 2 reales.

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  • PocketArt
    PocketArt Posts: 1,335 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Cool, fun Danye- thanks!

    1.) AU58
    2.) MS65
    3.) MS63
    4.) MS66 RD
    5.) XF45
    6.) VF35
    7.) MS65 DMPL
    8.) MS66 FBL
    9.) VF35
    10.) AU58

  • AUandAG
    AUandAG Posts: 25,050 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    55
    63
    53
    64
    45
    35
    64dmpl
    63
    40
    45

    bob:)

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  • HalfCollector
    HalfCollector Posts: 126 ✭✭
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    61
    63
    53
    65
    53
    35
    64
    64
    25
    50

    Reeded Edge halves by die variety
  • coinkat
    coinkat Posts: 24,542 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    First of all, thanks for doing this as it is time consuming. Excellent selection of coins...so here we go...

    1849 - AU55
    1915- MS63
    1851- AU53
    1920- MS 65 RB
    1892-o - EF45
    1916- VF 30
    1878-s - MS 64 PL
    1949-s -MS65
    1916-D- VF30
    1917-D AU53

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  • HiBucky
    HiBucky Posts: 633 ✭✭✭
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    We will try again ... The last one I really had many things going on so I did not really pay attention. When I posted and aw I was last my feeling were hurt .. This time I am trying ... here it is .. :
    1) AU-58
    2 MS 64
    3) AU- 58
    4) MS-65
    5) AU-50
    6) VF-25
    7) Ms-64
    8) MS-64 FBL
    9) VF-25
    10) AU-55

    I really did try on this ..

  • JKT
    JKT Posts: 492 ✭✭✭
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    1. AU 58
    2. MS 64
    3. MS 63
    4. MS 66 RD
    5. AU 55
    6. VF 35
    7. MS 65 DMPL
    8. MS 65 FBL
    9. VF 30
    10. AU 53

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  • claychaser
    claychaser Posts: 4,406 ✭✭✭✭
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    1. 58
    2. 67
    3. 66
    4. 67
    5. 45
    6. 35
    7. 65 dmpl
    8. 67 fbl
    9. 30
    10. 55


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  • JeffMTampa
    JeffMTampa Posts: 3,323 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1. AU 58
    2. MS 65
    3. AU 55
    4. MS 65 RD
    5. AU 55
    6. VF 35
    7. MS 64 PL
    8. MS 65 FBL
    9. VF 30
    10. AU 55
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  • amwldcoin
    amwldcoin Posts: 11,269 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1. 55
    2. 65
    3. 58
    4. 65 RD
    5. 53
    6. 30
    7. 66 DMPL
    8. 65 FBL
    9. 25
    10. 62
  • cnncoins
    cnncoins Posts: 414 ✭✭✭✭
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    1. 58
    2. 64+
    3. 58
    4. 66+RD
    5. 53
    6. VF 30
    7. 64+DMPL
    8. 65
    9. VF 30
    10. 58
  • messydesk
    messydesk Posts: 20,814 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1. 55
    2. 63
    3. 50
    4. 65RD
    5. 50
    6. 20
    7. 64PL
    8. 65FBL
    9. 20
    10. 53
    John
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  • ChrisH821
    ChrisH821 Posts: 7,147 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1. 58
    2. 65
    3. 61
    4. 65RB
    5. 55
    6. 30
    7. 64DM
    8. 66FBL
    9. 8
    10. 58
    11. I like how this knows you are making numbered lists :)

    Collector, occasional seller

  • Rollerman
    Rollerman Posts: 1,908 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1) AU58
    2) MS63
    3) AU55
    4) MS64
    5) AU50
    6) VF25
    7) MS64 PL
    8) MS65
    9) VF30
    10) AU53

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  • Wmwood
    Wmwood Posts: 102 ✭✭
    edited February 6, 2017 10:13PM
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    Thanks for doing this.

    1. MS62
    2. AU58
    3. AU53
    4. MS63
    5. XF45
    6. VF25
    7. MS63 PL
    8. MS64 FBL
    9. VF20
    10. MS63
  • jedm
    jedm Posts: 3,266 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Options
    1. AU58
    2. MS 65
    3. MS 62
    4. MS 65
    5. AU 50
    6. VF 20
    7. MS 64PL
    8. MS 64
    9. F15
    10. AU53
  • hchcoin
    hchcoin Posts: 4,843 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1. 55
    2. 64
    3. 61 Tough one for me
    4. 66 Based on luster
    5. 53
    6. 25
    7. 63 PL
    8. 64
    9. 25
    10. 58

    I was hoping for at least one bust coin so I could have a chance :)

  • roadrunner
    roadrunner Posts: 28,374 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1-62
    2-66
    3-58
    4-66RD
    5-53
    6-25
    7-65dmpl
    8-66
    9-15
    10-58

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  • mannie gray
    mannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Options

    Thanks for the work you put into this.

    1. 61
    2. 65
    3. 58
    4. 66
    5. 50
    6. 30
    7. 64DMPL
    8. 65
    9. 35
    10. 50
  • TheDukeK
    TheDukeK Posts: 359 ✭✭✭
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    1 58
    2 65
    3 55
    4 66rd
    5 50
    6 25
    7 64dmpl
    8 65fbl
    9 25
    10 53

    Thanks for the post.

  • wondercoin
    wondercoin Posts: 17,138 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1. 58
    2. 65
    3. 53
    4. 65RD
    5. 50
    6. 35
    7. 65DMPL
    8. 65FBL
    9. 35
    10. 58

    Bring on the moderns!!

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  • morgandollar1878
    morgandollar1878 Posts: 4,006 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Options

    55
    64
    58
    66
    50
    30
    64
    65
    30
    58

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  • gummibear
    gummibear Posts: 786 ✭✭✭
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    55
    64
    62
    66
    35
    20
    64
    66
    25
    62


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  • AngryTurtle
    AngryTurtle Posts: 1,610 ✭✭✭
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    1) 63 (wrote down 58 on my list and decided 63 in todays world)
    2)64
    3)58
    4) 63 RD
    5)45
    6)30
    7) 63 PL
    8)64 FBL
    9)15
    10)45

  • diswin
    diswin Posts: 4 ✭
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    1 au55
    2 ms62
    3 ms64
    4 ms66 rb
    5 ef45
    6 vf25
    7 ms62 pl
    8 ms63
    9 f20
    10 ef45

  • ricko
    ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    62
    66
    55
    66
    53
    35
    65
    65
    20
    58
    Cheers, RickO

  • slider23
    slider23 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭✭
    edited February 7, 2017 3:33PM
    Options

    1- 58
    2- 66
    3- 55
    4- 65
    5- 53
    6- 15
    7- 65
    8- 65
    9- 15
    10- 58

  • DollarAfterDollar
    DollarAfterDollar Posts: 3,217 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    AU 55
    MS 64
    AU 53
    MS 65 Red
    AU 55
    VF 35
    MS 64 DMPL
    MS 63 FBL
    VF 20
    AU 58

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  • dlmtorts
    dlmtorts Posts: 747 ✭✭✭
    edited February 7, 2017 1:00PM
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    1. 58
    2. 65
    3. 55
    4. 66
    5. 50
    6. 25
    7. 64
    8. 64
    9. 25
    10. 62
  • DrewU
    DrewU Posts: 208 ✭✭✭✭
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    1. 58
    2. 65
    3. 50
    4. 66RB
    5. 45
    6. 20
    7. 65DMPL
    8. 66FBL
    9. 12
    10. 63
  • Sonnys88
    Sonnys88 Posts: 186 ✭✭✭
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    1 - MS61
    2 - MS66
    3 - MS62
    4 - MS65
    5 - XF45
    6 - VF35
    7 - MS64DMPL
    8 - MS65
    9 - VF30
    10 - XF45

  • cameonut2011
    cameonut2011 Posts: 10,875 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1. 58
    2. 65
    3. 50
    4. 65 RD
    5. 50
    6. 25
    7. 64 dmpl
    8. 65 fbl
    9. 35
    10. 55
  • SSR
    SSR Posts: 235 ✭✭✭✭
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    1. 58
    2. 65
    3. 58
    4. 66rd
    5. 45
    6. 25
    7. 65dmpl
    8. 66fbl
    9. 25
    10. 55

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  • Insider2
    Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    @Danye West said:
    Here's our next set of 10 coins.

    First let me apologize for inserting this post into the thread but I couldn't figure how to contact the OP.

    IMO, this is an EXTREMELY helpful/valuable exercise and I guess it is run by a member with either connections to PCGS or access to coins already graded by PCGS. I could never do this myself so I hope you take a suggestion that will allow even more learning to occur.

    Besides the grade which is the only thing that counts, I enjoyed reading the reason given for the grade by two posters so far. Example: 1. 58 Then the poster could give a comment if they choose.

    My thought process: When I saw the first coin AU-58 registered immediately due to obvious rub (change of color on high spots). Then I had to figure this test is based on the commercial grade and value so I raised my grade to MS. I put 62 (Mint State w/rub) LOL. This is what my entry would look like if the OP agrees to modify the rules so posters could add their comments:

    1. 58 Due to rub and choice fields = today's 62-63. My answer would only be judged on the AU-58; yet I should learn a lot more about grading as I read the opinions of others with much more experience!
  • logger7
    logger7 Posts: 9,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    58
    64
    58
    64rd
    50
    35
    65pl
    65fl
    25
    50

  • JohnnyCache
    JohnnyCache Posts: 1,920 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    1.) MS63
    2.) MS66
    3.) MS64
    4.) MS65 RD
    5.) AU58
    6.) VF30
    7.) MS65 DMPL
    8.) MS64
    9.) VF20
    10.) AU50

  • JeffersonFrog
    JeffersonFrog Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 15, 2018 11:13AM
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    ...

    If we were all the same, the world would be an incredibly boring place.

    Tommy

  • dlmtorts
    dlmtorts Posts: 747 ✭✭✭
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    And the answers are?

  • DoubleJCoins
    DoubleJCoins Posts: 78 ✭✭✭
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    1. AU55
    2. MS64
    3. MS63
    4. MS65RD
    5. XF40
    6. VF30
    7. MS65DMPL
    8. MS66FBL
    9. VF25
    10. MS63

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  • LRCTom
    LRCTom Posts: 857 ✭✭✭
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    OK....sitting at a bar in a small city south of Seoul on a Friday night. Well into my second Jameson.
    If I finish in the bottom 20%, I'll blame the alcohol.
    If I finish in the bottom 10%, I'll blame toxic radiation from the North....

    1. 58
    2. 66
    3. 55
    4. 65 Red
    5. 50
    6. 25
    7. 64 DMPL
    8. 65 FBL
    9. 25
    10. 62

    Thanks for running this!
    ...Tom

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  • stealer
    stealer Posts: 4,039 ✭✭✭✭
    Options
    1. AU50
    2. MS66
    3. AU55
    4. MS64 RD
    5. XF40
    6. VF25
    7. MS64 DMPL
    8. MS65 FBL
    9. VF30
    10. MS62

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