Coinbuf

1920 Pilgrim MS 62
Image Courtesy of Great Collections
 
 

@JKK that was an interesting read, however, did you see the op posted this in 2021.

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Pennsylvania Area Token Collectors Organization (PATCO). My daughter has a laser engraver, so we bought some balsa wood at a craft store and created a mock-up of the old flat wooden nickels from the 1940's.

Although the title says “token,” all exonumia is welcome.
Thanks for posting.

Not sure if this really falls into the token category but what the heck.   This was in my aunt estate, I'm sure it belonged to my grandmother.   My grandparents owned and operated a trading post/store on the Navajo reservation for 50 years. 
Sorry for the less than great cell phone pics.

Not sure if this really falls into the token category but what the heck.   This was in my aunt estate, I'm sure it belonged to my grandmother.   My grandparents owned and operated a trading post/store on the Navajo reservation for 50 years. 
Sorry for the less than great cell phone pics.

Grading is already highly subjective, TPG's do not (and should not) want to open themselves up to that kind of problem.    I personally think it is just fine the way it is, leave it to the market to determine the price of problem coins not the TPG's.

You could always start your own grading service and offer this service.

Not sure if this really falls into the token category but what the heck.   This was in my aunt estate, I'm sure it belonged to my grandmother.   My grandparents owned and operated a trading post/store on the Navajo reservation for 50 years. 
Sorry for the less than great cell phone pics.

These dies may have been made in a hurry...
 

Not sure if this really falls into the token category but what the heck.   This was in my aunt estate, I'm sure it belonged to my grandmother.   My grandparents owned and operated a trading post/store on the Navajo reservation for 50 years. 
Sorry for the less than great cell phone pics.

Not sure if this really falls into the token category but what the heck.   This was in my aunt estate, I'm sure it belonged to my grandmother.   My grandparents owned and operated a trading post/store on the Navajo reservation for 50 years. 
Sorry for the less than great cell phone pics.

This date/mm/design is not tough to find in gem grades up to MS67, tougher in MS68 so if you were lucky enough to find one of that grade caliber you would be doing well.   I am not a varieties/error collector myself as those things are interesting to study but I have no interest in searching for or owning very many.   As such if I were to open and look through that roll I would only be searching for that MS68 needle in the haystack coin.  I don't know where you found the info you posted above, but VV does list several DDR's for this coin.   To be honest the DDR's I found listed on VV are extremely underwhelming (imo) and I doubt that any carry much of a premium, although I do admit I did not attempt to look up any value info.
Good luck if you do decide to open it and look through it.

DISCLAIMER:  This should in no way be taken as investment advice, or as a suggestion of what coins anyone should collect. It just seems like an interesting topic to think about  and discuss. 
My 10 under $1000, in no particular order:
New Jersey copper
Proof Three cent silver
Draped bust half
Isabella quarter
Bust half dime
Capped bust large cent
Capped bust half
Maybe a Nova Constellatio, Vermont, or Connecticut copper
A couple of patterns, not sure which ones.
 
I limited my choices to US only. If we are including ancients or world coins, the list would be much different.

No worries, those are very different lists.    While I do not have such a list per se, I would undoubtably include as many key date coins in nice collector grades as I could fit into those parameters.   Most would have to be circulated coins to fit under that dollar cap, say a 1909 SVDB Lincoln in VF25 or VF30 as an example.   As well as gold coins, many of the gold $2.50 pieces can be had for under 1k in close to MS65 grades.

Just to clarify, do you mean 10 coins who's prices equal $1,000 in aggregate, or 10 coins worth $1,000 each or potentially $10,000 aggregate.

This date/mm/design is not tough to find in gem grades up to MS67, tougher in MS68 so if you were lucky enough to find one of that grade caliber you would be doing well.   I am not a varieties/error collector myself as those things are interesting to study but I have no interest in searching for or owning very many.   As such if I were to open and look through that roll I would only be searching for that MS68 needle in the haystack coin.  I don't know where you found the info you posted above, but VV does list several DDR's for this coin.   To be honest the DDR's I found listed on VV are extremely underwhelming (imo) and I doubt that any carry much of a premium, although I do admit I did not attempt to look up any value info.
Good luck if you do decide to open it and look through it.