Grades from across the street with some Papa Tony's Franklins
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I bought some Papa Tony's coins last month and 2 out of 3 met or exceeded his grade the other was 2 points off. The pre 1955 stuff I sent to PCGS economy. I bought some FS war nickels from him as well, and they had great strikes, but were not FS.
I submitted this to NGC on 4/5 while a modern submission to PCGS from 3/1 is still pending.
I got one last 1999-P SBA $1 PF70 UCAM, since they are now sold out at the Mint.
I called them about the PF70 CAM, asking if that was a mistake and if the could check it before it shipped, but the customer service rep didn't even look up the order and said "NO, they would not have made that mistake."
001 1957 50C PF 66 (Papa Tony's 68+)
002 1958 50C PF 68 (Papa Tony's 68+)
003 1963 50C PF 67 (Papa Tony's 66+)
004 1995 P OLYMPICS GYMNASTICS S$1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
005 1995 P OLYMPICS PARALYMPICS S$1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
006 1996 P OLYMPICS HIGH JUMP S$1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
007 1998S ROBERT KENNEDY S$1 MS 69
008 1999 P $1 PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO (Now sold out at the Mint)
009 1999 P $1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
010 1999 P YELLOWSTON S$1 PF 70 CAMEO 70 - Cameo??
011 2002 W WEST POINT S$1 PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
012 2003 P FIRST FLIGHT S$1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
013 2004 P EDISON S$1 MS 69
014 2004 P EDISON S$1 MS 69
015 2000 S SILVER MASSACHUSETTS 25C PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
016 2000 S SILVER VIRGINIA 25C PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
017 2000 S SILVER SO.CAROLINA 25C PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
018 2000 S SILVER MARYLAND 25C PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
019 2000 S SILVER NEW HAMPSHIRE 25C PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
I submitted this to NGC on 4/5 while a modern submission to PCGS from 3/1 is still pending.
I got one last 1999-P SBA $1 PF70 UCAM, since they are now sold out at the Mint.
I called them about the PF70 CAM, asking if that was a mistake and if the could check it before it shipped, but the customer service rep didn't even look up the order and said "NO, they would not have made that mistake."
001 1957 50C PF 66 (Papa Tony's 68+)
002 1958 50C PF 68 (Papa Tony's 68+)
003 1963 50C PF 67 (Papa Tony's 66+)
004 1995 P OLYMPICS GYMNASTICS S$1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
005 1995 P OLYMPICS PARALYMPICS S$1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
006 1996 P OLYMPICS HIGH JUMP S$1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
007 1998S ROBERT KENNEDY S$1 MS 69
008 1999 P $1 PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO (Now sold out at the Mint)
009 1999 P $1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
010 1999 P YELLOWSTON S$1 PF 70 CAMEO 70 - Cameo??
011 2002 W WEST POINT S$1 PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
012 2003 P FIRST FLIGHT S$1 PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
013 2004 P EDISON S$1 MS 69
014 2004 P EDISON S$1 MS 69
015 2000 S SILVER MASSACHUSETTS 25C PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
016 2000 S SILVER VIRGINIA 25C PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
017 2000 S SILVER SO.CAROLINA 25C PF 70 ULTRA CAMEO
018 2000 S SILVER MARYLAND 25C PF 68 ULTRA CAMEO
019 2000 S SILVER NEW HAMPSHIRE 25C PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO
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i've always thought of this as an anachronism of sorts. how can a Jefferson Nickel have a great strike and not have Full Steps, which is a strike indicator?? i think a coin can have Full Steps and a weak strike or a great strike, but if it doesn't have Full Steps, especially on the Silver Jefferson's, it's a weakly struck coin.
aside from that, there was somediscussion a few weeks ago about "the papa" and the general consensus was that he graded fairly. i guess your results tend to bear that out. thanks for sharing them.
al h.
<< <i>but if it doesn't have Full Steps, especially on the Silver Jefferson's, it's a weakly struck coin. >>
Under 5x magnification the steps were all sharp, but each had a small ding going across the steps breaking them up.
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