Question about grading of new President/Sacagawea Dollars

tmcsr69 · January 29, 2009 10:51AM

I received a roll or the Sacagawea dollars today and as I looked through them I naturally started grading them as I looked at them. I am not collecting the new dollars, but with any coin, when I look at it I have a natural tendency to grade it. As I looked through the Sac's, I graded most of them as MS65-MS66, until I would look at the edge lettering and surfaces. I noticed the same on the new Presidential dollars. 99% of the edges I looked at were poorly printed and had dings. My question is how much affect does the edge of the coin affect the overall grade. I'm looking more for opinions from everyday collectors than TPG procedure. Any thoughts?

Swampboy · January 29, 2009 1:15PM

ttt

I've found the same thing.
Lots of rim nicks on otherwise lock 66s.

All "D"s.

Silverstate · January 29, 2009 1:29PM

Found some decent D's & some even better P's !

tmcsr69 · January 29, 2009 9:17PM

Maybe the morning crowd has some thoughts on this subject.

Gemineye · January 29, 2009 10:43PM

I think this is a new concern.As the third edge of the coin comes into play it was should I say "rather easier" to grade with only two sides of the coin.The edge of of the coin does have some issues with quality.Wheather that becomes an overall factor in grading remains to be seen.If the third side of the coin is severely beaten up I would imagine it would effect the grade somewhat.If it is fairly free of nicks and cuts I don't see any difficulty with the grade.

tahoe98 · January 30, 2009 9:15AM

............someone, across the street, asked if these were in the new grading book by QDB . they asked if there was any mention of the edge lettering and they said no.

eCoinquest · January 31, 2009 11:52AM

Any PCGS graded 09 Sacs yet?

Question about grading of new President/Sacagawea Dollars

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