Upsetting Submission Results....

[Revenant]

These are all coins directly from mint sets. The Dimes were beautiful. I can't understand why any of them shouldn't have gotten a 65 and most deserved a 66+. Only 2 pennies got the kind of grades I was really hoping for. The 62 and 63 grades are and the "Obv Scratched" BB is bull.

 

I knew they wouldn't all be stellar, but come on. The goal was to fill the holes in some mint sets. Almost all of these will need to be replaced later, the BB prevents me from filling all the holes with this like I'd hoped, and most of these once replaced are probably going to be give-aways (but I'm sure some noobs will enjoy them eventually) .... 1 coin in the modern submission makes up 25% of the value.

 

001 1981 D 1C MS 66 RD

002 1981 1C MS 66 RD

003 1986 1C MS 65 RD

004 1989 D 1C MS 66 RD

005 1992 WIDE ""AM"" 1C MS 68 RD >YES!

006 1992 WIDE ""AM"" 1C MS 67 RD >Good!

007 1981 P 5C MS 64

008 1981 D 5C MS 64

009 1986 P 5C MS 65

010 1986 D 5C MS 64 5FS

011 1989 P 5C MS 66 5FS >Decent

012 1989 D 5C MS 65 5FS

013 1990 P 5C MS 65 5FS

014 1990 D 5C MS 64 5FS

015 1992 P 5C MS 66 6FS >Good grade

016 1992 D 5C MS 64 5FS

017 1993 P 5C MS 66 6FS >Happy with this one

018 1993 D 5C MS 66 6PL >Does this mean "6FS PL?" Value?

019 1981 P 10C MS 64 FT

020 1981 P 10C MS 65 FT

021 1986 P 10C MS 66 >No FT?

022 1986 D 10C MS 64

023 1989 P 10C MS 66 >No FT?

024 1989 D 10C MS 65

025 1990 P 10C MS 65

026 1990 D 10C MS 64

027 1992 P 10C MS 67 >Great grade, but no FT?

028 1992 D 10C MS 66 FT >OK

029 1993 P 10C MS 66

030 1993 D 10C MS 66 FT >OK

031 1981 P 25C MS 66 >Ok

032 1981 D 25C MS 64

033 1986 P 25C MS 63 >63?!? You have to be freaking kidding!

034 1986 D 25C MS 65

035 1981 P 50C MS 65

036 1989 P 25C MS 66 >Ok

037 1989 D 25C MS 65

038 1990 P 25C MS 65

039 1990 D 25C MS 65

040 1992 P 25C MS 66 >Ok

041 1992 D 25C MS 64

042 1993 P 25C MS 65

043 1993 D 50C MS 66 >Ok

044 1981 D 50C MS 62 >62?!? That's just Bull.

045 1986 P 50C MS 66 >Ok

046 1986 D 50C MS 66 >Ok

047 1989 P 50C MS 66 PL >Does the PL have any big impact on value?

048 1989 D 50C MS 66 >Ok

049 1990 P 50C MS 65

050 1990 D 50C MS 65

051 1992 P 50C MS OBV SCRATCHED >WTF?!?

052 1992 D 50C MS 65

053 1993 P 50C MS 66 >Ok

054 1993 D 50C MS 65

055 1981 P $1 MS 64

056 1981 S $1 MS 65

 

Coupon:

001 1908 1C AU 55 BN >What I expected

002 1898 1C AU 58 BN >What I expected

003 1886 S$1 MS 61 >WTF?!?

004 1887 S$1 MS 62 >About what I expected

005 1935 S TEXAS 50C MS 66 >Not bad for a $125 purchase IMO.

 

[James_OldeTowne]

These are all coins directly from mint sets... The 62 and 63 grades are .

 

033 1986 P 25C MS 63 >63?!? You have to be freaking kidding!

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044 1981 D 50C MS 62 >62?!? That's just Bull.

I can give you a little insight. I do not even need to see either of these coins to guess right off the bat that "65" is very unlikely. These are both keys to their respective clad series, and the reason is that they are two of the worst produced "mint set" coins there are. Most of them came off the dies with bad planchets and lousy strikes, and instantly that almost always knocks them out of "gem" consideration. I am not the least bit surprised that they fared worse than you expected.

 

If anything, make this a terrific learning opportunity!

[Revenant]

Well, thanks for the input. I hadn't been aware of that.

[physics-fan3.14]

Well, you got a couple of good ones (the Wide AM's most obviously). You got some bad ones. That's the way life goes.

[Revenant]

018 1993 D 5C MS 66 6PL >Does this mean "6FS PL?"

 

Anyone have an answer here?

[Schatzy]

018 1993 D 5C MS 66 6PL >Does this mean "6FS PL?"

 

Anyone have an answer here?

 

Yes 6FS with PL!!

 

Well at least you know what to look for next time.

[Coin]

Actually , you did well with these older modern mint set coins.

The US Mint seems to have skilled laborers that are trained to pick out the worst possible coins from large bins to place into these sets. The mint set coins have some of the most impact marks and scrapes on them imaginable . I've had better circulation strikes from Bank Rolls than what I've found in official mint sets.

 

That being said , remember , just because they came from mint sets is absolutely no guarantee of high grade quality .....the norm seems to be coins that have been dumped in and out of hoppers and banged to oblivion and then placed into the holders by workers with sweaty fingers . Even now , with the new 'special finish' mint set coins, the quality has only gone up a little .

 

You still have to grade these coins the same as any others , before you send them in .

Also , if you did pre-grade them , did you make a master list with notes on each one , say ... listing the stike quality and location of marks for each coin? IF so , when they are returned to you ...go over them and see if you see what the graders saw and compare notes....you might learn a few things (that you didn't already know) which would be something you could get out of the fees you paid.

 

Don't feel bad about the dimes missing the FT , just getting some from the 80's is a miracle and you got 1981's ,check the census for FT's from the '80s

 

PL=Proof-Like which = yes , worth a premium to modern collectors , not much to non-modern collectors . Although moderns aren't fast sellers with high returns unless a particular coin is in demand or is properly marketed to the right audience.

 

You got a 6-step Proof-Like nickel !!!! That is an excellent grade for any mint set coin ....mine all came from OBW rolls with none from any mint set . You got some real winners in that batch ......some may have been better off NOT being submitted , but you said you are going to fill holes with them in your sets ...you could have saved a few bucks from not sending in those particular coins , but still not bad .