Tips from the Grading Room from the PCGS Library

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• llafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭

  February 12, 2011 1:01AM

  Full Band
  
  SLQ Full Head
  
  Copper Color
  
  Full Bell Line

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• IrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭

  February 12, 2011 1:46AM

  Color on copper remains one of the hardest things to show in images. New collectors wanting
  to get better at this should strongly consider an actual grading set that they can use for
  comparison. I'm sure that Rick Snow or many other copper dealers will be happy to help with
  a set of Indian cents, for example. A set in PCGS holders that ranges from Brown to Full Red, with
  at least 4 versions of Red Brown (20% red, 40% red, 60% red, and 80% red) would be a great
  set to share at a coin club meeting or a coin show.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 12, 2011 1:55AM

  Interesting.. thanks for posting... Cheers, RickO

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• QuarterCollector Posts: 1,384 ✭

  February 12, 2011 2:18AM

  
  
  << <i>Mike Sherman had four interesting and informative posts on PCGS grading.
  
  I would encourage him to continue here on this forum >>
  
  
  
  I agree. It is nice to see PCGS taking the time to inform novice collectors. Maybe he can do an article on how to identify cleaning or common counterfeit tells.
  
  Tom

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• roadrunner Posts: 28,313 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 12, 2011 2:45AM

  In looking at those 6 examples of varying degrees of Mercury dime band detailing, I see way too many called Full Band that are equivalent to their lower 2nd and 3rd from the bottom photos (ie not really full band). But at least it's good to know that these are the actual standards.
  
  roadrunner

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• truecollector70 Posts: 51

  February 12, 2011 8:36AM

  I checked back 100 or so posts from the PCGS articles Mike has many more posts on PCGS grading.
  
  Here is the link:
  
  http://www.pcgs.com/articles/index.chtml
  

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• mingot Posts: 1,807 ✭✭✭

  February 12, 2011 8:54AM

  
  more articles from the same author -- "tips from the grading room"

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• DRUNNER Posts: 3,899 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 12, 2011 9:00AM

  Extremely informative . . .thanks!
  
  Drunner
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• keyman64 Posts: 15,546 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 12, 2011 9:37AM

  Nice post. It confirmed my thoughts on Mercs and Franklins then I learned about Full Head. I will read about copper later. Cool post, I had no idea those articles existed.
  
  Greg

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• truecollector70 Posts: 51

  February 14, 2011 12:07PM

  Are full bands Roosevelt's the same as Mercury dime full bands ??
  
  On the description of full bands posted above of course.

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• llafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭

  February 14, 2011 12:11PM

  
  
  << <i>Are full bands Roosevelt's the same as Mercury dime full bands ?? >>
  
  
  
  Not unless they're a two-tailed mule!

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• magikbilly Posts: 6,780 ✭

  February 14, 2011 12:19PM

  
  
  << <i>Are full bands Roosevelt's the same as Mercury dime full bands ?? >>
  
  
  
  Hey there,
  
  I used to own your icon coin Nice 06 Benson Pr63 in memory serves.
  
  Eric

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• truecollector70 Posts: 51

  February 14, 2011 4:31PM

  
  
  << <i>
  
  << <i>Are full bands Roosevelt's the same as Mercury dime full bands ?? >>
  
  
  
  Hey there,
  
  I used to own your icon coin Nice 06 Benson Pr63 in memory serves.
  
  Eric >>
  
  
  
  I have 5 or 6 Benson Pedigree coins not my icon one
  
  

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