1920 Buffalo nickel--what's the grade on this piece of work?
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Whatever grade you assign, I think it's one better.
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I suspect the TPGs are too chicken to give it a 67 because of the sharp rise in value between 66 and 67, so they stuck with 66.
...wait a second, the proofs stopped in 1916.
I'll guess MS 66. Nice coin, and a darn nice strike too...Mike
Hoard the keys.
Congratulations!
Tom
The moral of the story: Graders have bad days. I'm going to either crack it out and resubmit raw, or order a presidential review. Resubmitting raw may be a bad move, I fear they'll give it the standard cursory glance and give the same grade again. I'm leaning toward the Presidential review, but I'm even hesitant to try that--there's human nature and pride involve, and no grader would give it a 66, for that would be a tacit admission that they were off by two full grades, and it ain't gonna happen. Even if this coin were MS67, they just don't have it in them to upgrade it by more than one grade.
<< <i>...just don't get the MS64 designation. >>
<< <i>Come on. Where is the shock and outrage, the massive outpouring of "you got hosed" sympathy?
You got HOSED!
<< <i>That's a definite crackout candidate. I have never EVER seen a MS64 Buff with detail and luster like that. I'd like to know what they were smoking in the grading room the day that one came in.
That's better. Thank you, Sliderider. You are my friend and I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving.
Put the big guy on the hot seat!!!!!!
He has been known to do the right thing......
The only reason I can see why they would have given that coin that grade is that the PCGS graders thought it had been dipped. That's something you can't always tell from photo, and sometimes not even in person.
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<< <i>64? I am shocked and chagrinned! That grade is outrageous, egregious, preposterous. >>
...and one of the more heinous acts ever perpetrated against numismatic personage!
PERIOD
That is shameful.
How is that for SHOCK ?
Presidential Review ON THE HOUSE ! HELLOOOOOOOO ?????????????????????????????????????
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<< <i>I would honestly post a link to this thread to the president of the United States of America and see if he can't grant diplomatic immunity to whoever let that slip out of PCGS with such a grade.
PERIOD
That is shameful.
How is that for SHOCK ?
Presidential Review ON THE HOUSE ! HELLOOOOOOOO ????????????????????????????????????? >>
VERY impressive. You should be a professional sympathizer.
Nice coin- the best you have posted yet in my opinion-
Here's what she looks like now, with no plastic in the way. I'm indebted to you all for your very helpful remarks.
Best of luck on this one. I'm with everyone saying this should 65 or better.
BTW, where do you come up with these beautiful Buffs, Guy? Keep it up, brother.
Garrow
they,ll give it a 7 on a bad day over there across the street.
unless we aint seeing something the 4 graders did...
i cant see it as anything other than a 5++
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