Disappointed with PCGS's 5 Oz ATB

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• derryb Posts: 37,672 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 18, 2011 5:49AM

  I believe all gem BU submission go through the robo-grader.

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• GRANDAM Posts: 8,766 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 18, 2011 5:52AM

  I thought that the coins which didn't have MS # grades were labeled as "CHOICE" BU,,,,,, not GEM BU?

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• jawapez Posts: 52 ✭

  March 18, 2011 6:03AM

  Most (not all) PCGS GEM BU pucks out there are coins that were submitted through the bulk program. PCGS grades the MS69+'s and slabs all the rest as GEM BU. I think they have have graded 68's for one bulk dealer. So basically "PCGS GEM BU" means anything less than MS69.

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• JoeLewis Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭✭

  March 18, 2011 6:07AM

  Maybe they're "Premium Select" BU

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• RWB Posts: 8,082 ✭

  March 18, 2011 6:10AM

  I believe all gem BU submission go through the robo-grader.
  
  They have a "robo-grinder" WOW! I've always wanted one for my car restoration business!
  
  

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• Tdec1000 Posts: 3,852 ✭✭✭

  March 18, 2011 6:35AM

  I always thought that anything above MS65 is considered GEM BU.

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• airplanenut Posts: 22,390 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 18, 2011 6:40AM

  Keep in mind that even a gem coin (MS65) has contact marks. On a coin the size of the pucks, they're going to be much bigger and more obvious, especially with the rather reflective surfaces, which do a poor job masking marks the way satiny lustre does on most moderns.

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• Cameonut Posts: 7,384 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 18, 2011 7:02AM

  Adriana - you have to show me that scratched hockey puck. I gotta see what qualifies as gem....
  
  I wonder if these are covered under the PCGS grading guarantee?

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• Broadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭

  March 18, 2011 7:17AM

  
  
  << <i>They have a "robo-grinder" WOW! >>
  
  
  
  I think the mint used a "robo-grinder" on most of the ATB's.

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• BigE Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭

  March 18, 2011 8:00AM

  
  
  << <i>Adriana - you have to show me that scratched hockey puck. I gotta see what qualifies as gem....
  
  I wonder if these are covered under the PCGS grading guarantee? >>
  
  
  
  
  They are not, unless due to pvc-----------BigE

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• RedHerring Posts: 2,077 ✭

  March 18, 2011 8:08AM

  An MS65 grade (Gem BU) on these pucks is a low grade. Significant contact marks should be expected.

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