And, I believe kudos are due to jpkinla for having the guts to keep a #1 Finest Set of All Time open for all to see and admire. Those are some gorgeous coins!
Always took candy from strangers Didn't wanna get me no trade Never want to be like papa Working for the boss every night and day --"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
What great sets! Question. On the $10 Indian set you have 7 MS67s, 5 MS65s, with all else being MS66. How is it that the average grade of the set is listed as less than MS66?
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. –John Adams, 1826
I believe it all has to do with the WEIGHTING of each date as opposed to a true average grade. For example, the 1933 and Rolled Edge are weighted the most. So a 65 on any highly weighted date will bring the average down.
The good news is that someday I expect my 1933 to be in a MS66 holder. In fact, I am convinced it will.....
Interesting that they weight the coins. Someday I'd like to hear a a reasoning for that protocol - to a non-grading collector it doesn't make sense to weight grades, well, maybe .... I guess I can see that your 1908 MS66 at 25/7 might not carry the weight of your 1911D at MS65 3/0 in terms of scarcity. So, are they really weighting coin pops? If so - they should not call it an average grade, but rather develop a scarcity index. Interesting. I'll have to think more about that. With the '33 having a MS65 pop of 8/0, how can you possibly do better? Are you anticipating that you have the only MS66 in the bunch?
There are two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt. –John Adams, 1826
There was a NGC MS66 which sold not long ago at Stack's which Legend would proclaim to be the finest and which was the Kruthoffer PCGS MS65 coin. The coin fetched $720k at the Stack's sale.
I haven't tried NGC and won't at this point but I hope that mine will upgrade someday when the stars are aligned properly.
I do believe that PCGS has a weighting scale which you can view on any registry set. The weight of each date with the grade assigned will give you the set points. I am not really sure of the formula they use for the average grade but it can't be a pure average or the $10 Indians would be over 66. Who knows but it is a good question...
I believe he has gotten much better on his images. I would like to see more clarity and depth as the images still lack the ability to clearly see ticks and hits clearly. I am certain he will perfect this over time.
The images are cool to have. I have gotten more comments now that there are actual photos attached to each coin.
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Doug
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Would it be an understatement to say that you're closely watching the fate of the 1933 Double Eagles?
John
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MAN THOSE ARE AWESOME COINS
I'm still more of a bullion guy, but those are very impressive coins.
Check out my PQ selection of Morgan & Peace Dollars, and more at:
WWW.PQDOLLARS.COM or WWW.GILBERTCOINS.COM
And, I believe kudos are due to jpkinla for having the guts to keep a #1 Finest Set of All Time open for all to see and admire. Those are some gorgeous coins!
Lincoln set Colorless Set
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<< <i>Yes, thanks for keeping them open for us common folk to drool over. Wowee! >>
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Hey JapanJohn, if they legalize the 1933 and add it to the series, I will have TWO slots that will be blank!
$20 Saint Gaudens Registry Set
Didn't wanna get me no trade
Never want to be like papa
Working for the boss every night and day
--"Happy", by the Rolling Stones (1972)
–John Adams, 1826
I believe it all has to do with the WEIGHTING of each date as opposed to a true average grade. For example, the 1933 and Rolled Edge are weighted the most. So a 65 on any highly weighted date will bring the average down.
The good news is that someday I expect my 1933 to be in a MS66 holder. In fact, I am convinced it will.....
JK
$20 Saint Gaudens Registry Set
–John Adams, 1826
There was a NGC MS66 which sold not long ago at Stack's which Legend would proclaim to be the finest and which was the Kruthoffer PCGS MS65 coin. The coin fetched $720k at the Stack's sale.
I haven't tried NGC and won't at this point but I hope that mine will upgrade someday when the stars are aligned properly.
I do believe that PCGS has a weighting scale which you can view on any registry set. The weight of each date with the grade assigned will give you the set points. I am not really sure of the formula they use for the average grade but it can't be a pure average or the $10 Indians would be over 66. Who knows but it is a good question...
$20 Saint Gaudens Registry Set
Phil does excellent work.
J
siliconvalleycoins.com
I believe he has gotten much better on his images. I would like to see more clarity and depth as the images still lack the ability to clearly see ticks and hits clearly. I am certain he will perfect this over time.
The images are cool to have. I have gotten more comments now that there are actual photos attached to each coin.
$20 Saint Gaudens Registry Set