1935 Specimen GB Crown - GTG, Obverse Only (the reverse is worse)

7Jaguars · July 22, 2018 9:23PM

I won't yet give my thoughts, but grading on some days at the TPGs are not too wonderful....

7Jaguars · July 22, 2018 9:24PM

Ooops, gave it away. Meatloaf recipe appropriate...

mkman123 · July 22, 2018 10:51PM

I'm gonna guess PCGS SP66!!!!

bidask · July 22, 2018 10:55PM

I'm guessing a 63

dagingerbeasttt · July 22, 2018 10:56PM

63+

7Jaguars · July 23, 2018 4:22AM

Yes, IMO, I'd go 63 as well. Anything higher rubbish.

ajaan · July 23, 2018 4:30AM

66? Wow! Not if I submitted it.

brg5658 · July 24, 2018 9:34AM

Doesn't look 66, but those pics are also crappy.

7Jaguars · July 24, 2018 11:20AM

True, and they hide the worst crimes. Check the Heritage site. Honestly, and I have seen a lot of these Jubilee Crowns, this is grossly overgraded by at least two points and maybe three.
I have a shilling I've thought about posting wherein "P" not only missed the overdate which was clear and listed in my submission but also UNDERGRADED by 5 points, and not just to me but to NGC. (53 vs. ultimately a 58). I will try to post a picture tonight.

Timbuk3 · July 24, 2018 7:34PM

63 !!!

mkman123 · July 24, 2018 11:10PM

@7Jaguars Yea, don't like it and wouldn't pay sp66 price for that at all.......overgraded!

brg5658 · July 25, 2018 8:29AM

@7Jaguars said:
True, and they hide the worst crimes. Check the Heritage site. Honestly, and I have seen a lot of these Jubilee Crowns, this is grossly overgraded by at least two points and maybe three.
I have a shilling I've thought about posting wherein "P" not only missed the overdate which was clear and listed in my submission but also UNDERGRADED by 5 points, and not just to me but to NGC. (53 vs. ultimately a 58). I will try to post a picture tonight.

Not to belabor the point....but... AU53 to AU58 is not "UNDERGRADED by 5 points". It is two incremental grading points -- AU 54, 56, and 57 don't exist in the Sheldon grading scales.

Essentially, this is an equivalent to an MS62 instead of MS64 grading issue.

7Jaguars · July 25, 2018 3:35PM

I guess it takes looking at the coin, and I always thought 58-53 = 5
Points, not grades and I do agree with you about two grades.

Kkathyl · July 25, 2018 3:38PM

Sp66

Weiss · July 25, 2018 6:43PM

I love these coins but I'm all confused about the different types. And I'm not sure the TPGs know them, either.

FWIW, mine:

7Jaguars · July 25, 2018 9:42PM

Edge lettering en relief on proof like yours - nice toning BTW. The circulation strikes and specimens with edge lettering incuse; I also am not sure they always get it right.
Interestingly there are some rare .925 AND some 0.500 proof strikes with incuse edge as well. Then there are the jumbled edge variant proofs with wording out of order and some currency bits struck without some of the edge lettering (haven't seen these).
I agree they don't seem to know these or grade them and will not mention the Wreaths where so-called proofs are blown and way overcalled by both PCGS and NGC. Matte grades are all over the place and not consistent but there are very few of these around.

1935 Specimen GB Crown - GTG, Obverse Only (the reverse is worse)

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