How is a Coin Graded Unc Details?

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• COALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭

  April 2, 2011 9:13AM

  I have bought some of the shipwreck conserved coins with salt water damage and corrosion, but they were clearly stlill unc in every way. I cant remember what the NGC holder said, but the auction disribed then as unc details
  
  Im not shure there would alway be a difference between cimp. cleaned and UD. Can altered coins even be slabbed?

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• llafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭

  April 2, 2011 9:18AM

  Depends on the TPG... PCGS places the coin in a Genuine holder without grade; NGC places a coin in an UNC Details holder offering a net grade.
  
  Yes, ANACS slabs the DCarr 1964-D Peace dollars... I think they'd qualify as an altered coin.

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• golfer72 Posts: 3,588

  April 2, 2011 10:23AM

  Unc details just means the coin is uncirculated albeit not problem free.

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• RichR Posts: 3,978 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2, 2011 10:35AM

  So then my next question would be...have you ever cracked out an Unc Details coin, resubmitted and achieved a regular grade?
  
  I only ask because the logic that goes into an Unc Details verdict (vs. improperly cleaned or altered) seems somewhat subjective/nebulous.

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• LindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2, 2011 10:37AM

  It did not have to circulate to be AT, or over dipped,cleaned, etc.
  And no I would not buy one.
  Added that the main reason is that our host don't grade coins that way and I buy primarly PCGS coins.

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• BillJones Posts: 35,701 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2, 2011 10:42AM

  The coin has full Mint State sharpness, but the surfaces have been altered to a point where the coin can't be called Mint State. From a technical viewpoint a coin with altered surfaces can’t be graded Mint State, but it’s a reasonable way to describe the amount of detail that the coin shows.

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• llafoe Posts: 7,220 ✭✭

  April 2, 2011 10:44AM

  In theory, a coin submitted to NCS for conservation should always be slabbed in a Details (NGC) or Genuine (PCGS) slab. However, coins going to NCS have been slabbed in NGC slabs. Yes, conserved coins can be slabbed in regular slabs (but probably not SecurePlus slabs).

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• HoledandCreative Posts: 2,865 ✭✭✭✭✭

  April 2, 2011 3:05PM

  This one has a teeny bit of damage. Otherwise, a beauty.
  
  
  

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