A question about error grading

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• messydesk Posts: 20,523 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 18, 2025 10:35AM

  It would make the most sense to determine what the error is before grading the coin. If it's damage or a faked error, there's no sense grading it.

  John
  Keeper of the VAM Catalog • Professional Coin Imaging • Prime Number Set • World Coins in Early America • British Trade Dollars • Variety Attribution

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,976 ✭✭✭✭✭

  August 18, 2025 10:54AM

  Error coins are authenticated and described,
  Then sent to the grading room.

  Messydesk got it correctly, of course.

  Retired Collector & Dealer in Major Mint Error Coins & Currency since the 1960's.Co-Author of Whitman's "100 Greatest U.S. Mint Error Coins", and the Error Coin Encyclopedia, Vols., III & IV. Retired Authenticator for Major Mint Errors for PCGS. A 50+ Year PNG Member.A full-time numismatist since 1972, retired in 2022.

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• ELVIS1 Posts: 340 ✭✭✭

  August 18, 2025 10:55AM

  Thank you both very much.

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