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Roosevelts GTG - A lesson in coin grading. REVEALED!

CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,966 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited July 27, 2026 4:53AM in U.S. Coin Forum

Test your skills with the best, some would say the best graders on the planet. (I don't disagree).
All 3 of these coins received the exact same grade.
Good luck!




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    AcarrollAcarroll Posts: 226 ✭✭✭✭

    67

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    safari_dudesafari_dude Posts: 600 ✭✭✭✭✭

    67FB

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    FlyingAlFlyingAl Posts: 4,404 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS66FB across the board.

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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS65FB

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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Grading clad coinage is simply not the same as shooting fish in a barrel. I am less optimistic than what has been posted. I see the second coin as the lowest grade… and I suspect the 1972 might have graded the highest.

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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinkat said:
    Grading clad coinage is simply not the same as shooting fish in a barrel. I am less optimistic than what has been posted. I see the second coin as the lowest grade… and I suspect the 1972 might have graded the highest.

    Included in the opening post was “All 3 of these coins received the exact same grade.” That said, I agree that the second coin looks inferior to the other two (due to the hairlines on the cheek and neck).

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    So it is really a lesson in reading the post as well… not just looking at the pictures.

    I stand and sit corrected.

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Well, as we all know, grading from images is like a crapshoot because we’re limited by what we can see only at a straight angle. I did my best at giving them an honest representation and highlighting the details.

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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 26, 2026 6:41PM

    All look MS64 no FB imo. I am basing the no FB on your disclaimer that all received the same grade and I am reading that to include the designation as well.

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    dunkleosteus430dunkleosteus430 Posts: 554 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS-66

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    TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 45,065 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    Batman23Batman23 Posts: 5,369 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS-66

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    WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS-66+

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    alaura22alaura22 Posts: 3,881 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS-65FB for all

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My original hope was to see if anyone could recognize the labeled faults and like me no one did.
    And you may say that these aren't even grades and I get that but, there was no other way of asking the question without giving up the answer. After downloading the slab images this morning I realized that actually they don't even have the exact same grade although I believe they do mean the same thing.



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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,966 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 27, 2026 4:57AM

    It would be difficult to believe the 72 since it came from a mint set.
    The 82s also came from a mint set albeit aftermarket so they originally either came from a roll or a bag.
    I don't know...but I feel like I'm the one about to get a lesson.

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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wheel marks are often difficult to spot, even in hand. And in order to be able to do so, the coin typically needs to be tilted at just the right angle.
    When viewing images, it would be much more of a surprise if the marks were visible than it would if they weren’t. So your original hope was largely doomed at the outset.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

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    coinkatcoinkat Posts: 24,434 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I have yet to submit a Clad Roosevelt Dime or a clad Washington Quarter. Doubtful that will be added to the bucket list.

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinkat said:
    I have yet to submit a Clad Roosevelt Dime or a clad Washington Quarter. Doubtful that will be added to the bucket list.

    I have had pretty good luck with them in the past scoring on an 83 D MS67FB and a couple more from the 90s.
    But at the end of the day the loss per mint set even after reselling them is a losing battle most of the time.

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    CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,966 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:
    Wheel marks are often difficult to spot, even in hand. And in order to be able to do so, the coin typically needs to be tilted at just the right angle.
    When viewing images, it would be much more of a surprise if the marks were visible than it would if they weren’t. So your original hope was largely doomed at the outset.

    Roller marks? Are these the shiny scraps across the high points you often find in mint sets?
    I've had these bite me before typically on Ikes and kennedys. But if so I never received that details grade on them. Instead the grade would come back 64 or 5.

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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,827 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Coinscratch said:

    @MFeld said:
    Wheel marks are often difficult to spot, even in hand. And in order to be able to do so, the coin typically needs to be tilted at just the right angle.
    When viewing images, it would be much more of a surprise if the marks were visible than it would if they weren’t. So your original hope was largely doomed at the outset.

    Roller marks? Are these the shiny scraps across the high points you often find in mint sets?
    I've had these bite me before typically on Ikes and kennedys. But if so I never received that details grade on them. Instead the grade would come back 64 or 5.

    “Roller marks” are as made and not considered to be damage that results in detail-grades. I most often see them on Morgan dollars.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

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