The PCGS grade on this 1901-S quarter has gotta be a gift!

[James_OldeTowne]

AG 1901-S Barber quarter ??

[Hoot]

Who needs rims? You've got a date and a Mint mark, so what are you complaining about? Cheap POS.

 

Hoot

[goose3]

I'd call that FA02.

 

 

PCGS seems to put just about ANY of these that are NOT Full G4's into AG3 holders no matter what they look like.

 

I've actually been kinda looking for a nice solid AG3 one of these certified by ANACS/NGC/Or PCGS and the variance in AG3 is huge in PCGS slabs from what I've seen.

[goose3]

forgive me for imposing on your thread James but I wanted to post some related pics......

 

ANACS FA02 1896s

 

PCGS AG3 1901s

[Tradedollarnut]

The second one is clearly a point better!

[EZ_E]

Nothing like grade-flation (or is that grade-flatulation?) to rip the common, working man!

 

I was reading Coin World an issue or two back where I saw a PCGS F-12 1916 D Mercury dime. A couple of pages later, there was a common date Merc also graded F-12 by PCGS. The common date was accurately graded but the key date was inflated from a mediocre VG to a F-12. That's a thousand dollars extra someone is making for pure, 100% B.S.!!! I don't care what the market accepts, period! I'd prefer not to have one than to play their silly reindeer games.

 

 

 

Furthermore, I think that whizzing is more ethical than grade-flation because at least a whizzed coin is not pretentious.

[michael]

Nothing like grade-flation (or is that grade-flatulation?) to rip the common, working man!

 

I was reading Coin World an issue or two back where I saw a PCGS F-12 1916 D Mercury dime. A couple of pages later, there was a common date Merc also graded F-12 by PCGS. The common date was accurately graded but the key date was inflated from a mediocre VG to a F-12. That's a thousand dollars extra someone is making for pure, 100% B.S.!!! I don't care what the market accepts, period! I'd prefer not to have one than to play their silly reindeer games.

 

 

 

 

 

 

michael

[TomB]

My all-time favorite TPG AG3 also happened to reside in a PCGS holder, though I am not trying to single out PCGS about this practice.

 

This was a 1796 quarter in a PCGS AG3 green holder that not only had details on the low end of FA2, but also had several prominent scratches on the obverse and was clearly slightly bent.

[EZ_E]

Hence the term "grade-flatulation" because the whole idea of it stinks!

[HaydenTubbs]

Definately an AG obv.,but the rev is Fr. all the way.It's a shame that PCGS hypes key dates like this.

[wingedliberty-migration]

Seems to me that you would want to purchase an AG or a FR coin sight seen anyway.

[wingedliberty-migration]

It also seems to me that an AG3 or a PR1, FR1 grade is more of an authentication tool than a market grade.

[James_OldeTowne]

Tom, I know exactly which coin you're talking about, because I got to review it in-hand. ANACS would definitely have net-graded it as PO-1, but really, I thought the coin was a cull. It was the WORST "AG" '96 that I've ever seen.

 

But to emphasize what someone else said, all of the certification companies make that kind of mistake. I was particularly interested in the 1901-S I linked because about a year ago, I sold one that was consigned to me in an ANACS AG-3 slab. It was exactly like this PCGS coin - an AG obverse, but a PO minus minus reverse. I approached ANACS for a verbal, and they flippantly told me the grade was "OK".

 

James