PCGS Photo Grading Contest #2 RESULTS!

Danye West · February 11, 2017 10:55AM

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 · February 11, 2017 11:13AM

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

ms70 · February 11, 2017 11:16AM

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

AUandAG · February 11, 2017 11:27AM

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

fun, thanks,
bob

Rollerman · February 11, 2017 11:42AM

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

Fairlaneman · February 11, 2017 12:22PM

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

Ken

JeffMTampa · February 11, 2017 1:08PM

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

coinkat · February 11, 2017 5:51PM

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.