Half Penny Grading Contest

[Nevol]

I don't think so.

Conditions: You get one entry and one entry only. And when it's posted you cannot change it (I'll lock posts in this thread).

[coxspau]

It's quite exciting. I can't wait to see what the actual grades are. Given this is my first foray into PCGS, this type of contest goes a long way to getting to becoming familiar with pcgs.

[ausjack]

In short, NO Matty, tried that and failed

[markn]

Can i change mine?

No for two reasons.  1 it's against the rules.  And 2, you've seen all the coins in their slabs and that would be cheating.

[MattGold]

Can i change mine?

I wanted to do that a few times til I remembered the 1 post lock it in eddie rule lol..

[Pedro]

My attempt (ie guesses):

1. 63BN
2. 64RB
3. 64BN
4. 63RB
5. 65BN
6. 64RB
7. 63BN
8. 63RD
9. 63BN
10. 65RB

Pedro

[trout]

OK Markn, Its 17.50 here in the west so it is (I think) 19.50 in SA.
10 min to go Ay :angel:

[markn]

It's 7.20 here, cut off time is 8:00 eastern which is in 10 minutes.  Get your entries in now!

[trout]

It's 7.20 here, cut off time is 8:00 eastern which is in 10 minutes.  Get your entries in now!

So SA is only 1 and a half hors in front of WA time :ok:

[markn]

It's 7.20 here, cut off time is 8:00 eastern which is in 10 minutes.  Get your entries in now!

So SA is only 1 and a half hors in front of WA time :ok:

Yep.  

Entries closed.  Winner announced shortly.

[trout]

It's 7.20 here, cut off time is 8:00 eastern which is in 10 minutes.  Get your entries in now!

So SA is only 1 and a half hors in front of WA time :ok:

Yep.  

Entries closed.  Winner announced shortly.

Just a suggestion Mark, But why not just put up the grades and let us check them on our guesses.
A bit like checking our lotto tickets :ok:

[markn]

OK results are in.

Here's everyone's guesses.  The green guesses are correct ones.  As you can see Coin 2 is was guessed correctly the most with 11/14 entrants (79%) getting it right.  The hardest coin to get right was coin 4, with just 1 out of 14 people (7%) getting it.  Nevol and Echidna managed to get 5 out of 10 coins correct.



Here's how you all did with the numerical grades.  You got the numerical grade right 11 out of 14 times on coin 1,2 and 9.  Toughest coin was coin 6 with just 2 out of 11 guessing it was an MS66.   Enworb did the best here with 7 numerical grades correct.  The lot of you managed 63 out of a possible 140 points, or a hit rate of 43%.



Here's how you did with the colour codes.  Coin 2 was the bolter here, with 13 of you getting the RB designation correct.  AJ and Echidna managed a 80% hit rate, well done to both of you!  Overall you got 82 out of a possible 140 points or a hit rate of 56%.  Funnily enough if you'd just guessed RB for all coins you'd have got 8 out of 10 correct.



And here's the final results.  The winner on 18 points is Echidna.  Runner up is Nevol.  Three people tied for third.  Well done to everyone, it's tough grading from images and especially so for Perth mint copper.  You all did exceptionally well.  Certainly a lot better than I could have managed.

[trout]

Wow I can't believe I actually got 3 correct.
I am an absolute dumbo when it comes to grading coppers :Dance:
Well done Echidna, You Da Man :yahoo::wavemulticolor:
Thanks for the contest Mark it was great fun :good:

[echidna]

I've been learning about PCGS grading the hard way.

[MattGold]

Congrats on the win echidna well done... I gave it my best, I'm glad I got a few points

Matt