Grading MS63 Indian Cents by Rick Snow

Indian Cent author and expert, Rick Snow discusses grading MS63 Flying eagle and Indian Cents. Part 3 of a series.
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[@wadereynolds8369]

Mr. Snow is THE Authority of our generation!

[@eerc1856]

Thanks for the comment.

[@asheland_numismatics]

Great resource!

[@monnaiederoman5990]

MERCI !!!👍

[@johnroche9969]

look to the far left column on any price guide. A cleaned coin is worth less than that. Beware of the sellers point of view. "its still a nice atttactive coin, doesnt have warts."

[@edwinreyes4925]

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[@emilphoryew9436]

How could a cleaned coin be slabbed with a regular grade without a note that it was cleaned on the holder? This doesn't seem right as coins that are cleaned deserve to be designated as "details" or "genuine" grades, this fact should not be omitted on holders. The fact that NGC allowed a coin like that to be graded regularly doesn't say much about their standards, skill, ethics or honesty. Heck, SEGS and ANACS don't allow any cleaned coins to get a free pass, they get "details" designations which seems a lot more honest. I think PCGS and NGC are getting corrupt to the point where they have no business being the leaders in the coin grading profession.

[@coinhappy306]

My husband and I have nearly 30 years experience with NGC/PCGS coins and they over-grade all the time. They're owned by coin dealers, despite their disclaimers, and they grade many coins for their fellow coin dealer friends. The entire SS Central America Gold Coin hoard was acid treated and cleaned of barnacles, and thousands of them are marked MS64 and MS65 without the word "cleaned". Just because something is in a slab does not mean it's legit or fool-proof. PCGS was sued by the FTC for making such a claim. We recommend you look up PCGS at Wikipedia and the Coin World investigation concerning, PCGS, ACCGS, SEGS, NGC and ANACS. In not one single case did all 4 services agree on the grade of the same coins, and in some cases were 6 points off. It appears the only honest one was ACCGS, which noted "cleaned" on their holders while all the others did not.