PCGS Four "Free" Grades Received

Eric Tillery wrote:

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 21:18:26 -0400, Bruce Remick wrote:

Now to wait another 50 days or so to actually receive the coins back.

It won't be that long. If you punch up your invoice number on their site, it will tell you
when the coins ship. I have never received a submission back later than ten days
after the grades were posted.

If so, that would be about five weeks total in my case. A lot quicker
than I expected.


As far as your Isabella, a proper dipping would not cause the coin to come back as
cleaned. If it was dipped, it could have been improperly rinsed, or there are hairlines
you missed.

You may be right. I can't see any surface abrasions with a 7X, but the
grader must have spotted something. I doubt that any hairlines or signs
of cleaning would be evident in a scan, but here are the two sides.

http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...CSXUczf_ph.jpg
http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...YwxlTWD_ph.jpg


Bruce

On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 21:58:02 -0400, Bruce Remick wrote:

You may be right. I can't see any surface abrasions with a 7X, but the
grader must have spotted something. I doubt that any hairlines or signs
of cleaning would be evident in a scan, but here are the two sides.

http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...CSXUczf_ph.jpg
http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...YwxlTWD_ph.jpg

I can't be certain with just a scan, but I do think I see just a bit of dip residue on Isabella's
shoulder. If that is the case, that is the reason they bagged it. It also might be able to be
corrected. If we ever do meet, say at one of the can shows, you might want to bring it along
and let me take a look at it.
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Eric,
That was very impressive. First grading Morgans almost perfect from the
scan, and now this.
May be you should start your own grading service.

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"Eric Tillery" wrote in message
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On Fri, 01 Aug 2003 21:58:02 -0400, Bruce Remick wrote:

You may be right. I can't see any surface abrasions with a 7X, but the
grader must have spotted something. I doubt that any hairlines or signs
of cleaning would be evident in a scan, but here are the two sides.

http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...CSXUczf_ph.jpg
http://community.webshots.com/s/imag...YwxlTWD_ph.jpg

I can't be certain with just a scan, but I do think I see just a bit of
dip residue on Isabella's
shoulder. If that is the case, that is the reason they bagged it. It also
might be able to be
corrected. If we ever do meet, say at one of the can shows, you might want
to bring it along
and let me take a look at it.
--
K6AZ WEB PAGES

http://www.k6az.com/web_pages.htm

wow, you did well . . . less than a month, despite their advertised 75 day
turnaround. I sent mine July 9 so I'm gonna start crossing my fingers.
Their tracking still only shows my order as "received 7/9/03"

I sent four different CC Morgan dollars

Mark

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
...
I sent my four coins off to PCGS on July 3 as part of their recent
"free grading" offer and received an email from them on 1 August listing
the grades my coins were given. I was quite surprised with the grades on
two Lincolns, happy with the hoped-for MS63 on my 1878-CC Morgan, and
disappointed with a bodybagged Isabella quarter due to "cleaning".
One of the Lincolns is a 1909-SVDB that I bought raw from Ira a few
years ago as a VF30 and which PCGS called a VF35. A pleasant surprise,
I was mainly after the authentication. The other Lincoln is one of two
1955 DDO's my dad found in the late 1950's, and which I had graded as
EF45. PCGS called it AU55BN!! IMO, they didn't seem as strict with
circ Lincolns as I expected from reading posts here.
Even though the Isabella 25¢ appeared Unc, she was apparently dipped at
one time. I suppose now she will carry the "curse" for the rest of her
life, or at least until cleaned coins come into vogue 50 years from
now. She still looks nice to me.
Now to wait another 50 days or so to actually receive the coins back.

Bruce

Nooker wrote:

wow, you did well . . . less than a month, despite their advertised 75 day
turnaround. I sent mine July 9 so I'm gonna start crossing my fingers.
Their tracking still only shows my order as "received 7/9/03"

I sent four different CC Morgan dollars

Mark

Mark, I thought it was 75 days too but that's for economy. The "free"
grades are actually their 15 (business) day service.

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really).

well then heck, I want my coins back now !

thanks Jason, I was obviously confused.

Mark

"Craton" wrote in message
...
Nooker wrote:

wow, you did well . . . less than a month, despite their advertised 75
day
turnaround. I sent mine July 9 so I'm gonna start crossing my fingers.
Their tracking still only shows my order as "received 7/9/03"

I sent four different CC Morgan dollars

Mark

Mark, I thought it was 75 days too but that's for economy. The "free"
grades are actually their 15 (business) day service.

--
Jason Craton ---- CONECA N-3407 --- WINS #5
---------------------------
Interested in error coins?
http://www.error-coins.com - A work in progress (lack of progress
really).

ftecaw wrote:

"Bruce Remick" wrote in message
...
I sent my four coins off to PCGS on July 3 as part of their recent
"free grading" offer and received an email from them on 1 August listing
the grades my coins were given. I was quite surprised with the grades on
two Lincolns, happy with the hoped-for MS63 on my 1878-CC Morgan, and

If you collect coins for the purpose of being happy with the grades you
recieve back from a grading service, send your coins to Acugrade.

You total idiot dumbass.

Thanks. I may do that with the rejected Isabella quarter to get that
MS66 I'm hoping for. How much would Acugrade (aka Ack! You grade??)
charge for a MS67 grade, in case I might want to go all the way. I
could clean it up a bit more if that would be required.

BTW, I think there should be a hyphen somewhere in "total idiot
dumbass". You might want to check.

(reluctantly) Bruce

Yousri Ahmad wrote:
Eric,
That was very impressive. First grading Morgans almost perfect from the
scan, and now this.
May be you should start your own grading service.


Well, he is a coin Doctor after all


Mark