PCGS submissions, Grading Opinions

[trout]

Nice results mate and hope you jag that 70 and hope I'm not far behind

When I fill in the submission form there is a column where you can select  MS/PR/SP I am wondering if I select SP for the Wedding set coins they will grade them as such?

IMHO the Wedding set coins ARE specimen quality and should be graded as such.
I recon it is worth a crack at it :ok:

[ausjack]

Yeah go for it and good luck, they'll only send it back MS if they don't think it's right and as long at it's 70 it's :yahoo:

[trout]

Yeah go for it and good luck, they'll only send it back MS if they don't think it's right and as long at it's 70 it's :yahoo:

How hard can it be? The graders would have to put their Sunnies on to grade these coins :angel:
if you place a wedding set coin alongside a Mint set coin the difference is startlingly obvious :dash1:

[ausjack]

SHHHH you'll give it all away, we have to have some secrets :angel:

[trout]

SHHHH you'll give it all away, we have to have some secrets :angel:

I'm Not good with Secrets , Someone called me "Babberfingers" once :angel:

[trout]

Just got off the phone to Aus Post and Customs , Which took forever .
I actually ran out of battery on one phone whilst waiting for Aus Post :dash1:
I paid the ridicules $48.85 fee the Customs on the 12th and they finally got around to clearing my coins on the 15th So I wont see these until at least the 22nd-23rd.
I posted these to PCGS 21/7/14 and they arrived in Melbourne 28/8/14 that's nearly a Month that these cretins at Customs have delayed my submission :cray:
This is the 10th submission I have sent this year and ALL the other submissions had a declared value exceeding the $1000 threshold , By the Gods I hope that this is the one and only time I have to go through all this red tape BS Because if it happens again It will seriously affect my decision to send any more coins away to be graded.

[trout]

I just filled out a couple of submission forms to send to PCGS, I typed them out on the PDF form instead of writing them out by hand :yahoo:
Yea I know , Took me long enough to switch on :angel:
I sent 5 wedding sets in and I used SP in the MS/PR/SP Colum, I know they will probably ignore this but if you don't try you can never succeed .
I also found a couple of 2014 MOR ali/bronze coins I set aside originally .
I sent the wrong coins in with the last submission , So hopefully I may get lucky and get better than a MS66 for these.
I also Kept the value down below $1000 to try and avert the attention of those Customs Buggers

[trout]

Well they finally arrived :yahoo::yahoo::yahoo:
Here is the pick of the bunch, My first 70 graded coins :dance2:
Lousy pic but I am still sorting them out :angel:

[stevo1962]

very nice Jim I bet they are all keepers

[trout]

very nice Jim I bet they are all keepers

NO doubt about that whatsoever

[Goldseeker]

Interesting picture trout but why are all coins, except the centre coin, showing Reverse to the front of the slab?

Does PCGS have a rule about what is shown to the front of the slab or not?

[trout]

Interesting picture trout but why are all coins, except the centre coin, showing Reverse to the front of the slab?

Does PCGS have a rule about what is shown to the front of the slab or not?

That is a really good question Goldie.
From my limited experience I have noticed that all the standard design coins have the date side (obverse) on the side of the slab that holds the grade etc. and the commemorative design coins have the reverse on the grade side.

[Goldseeker]

OK, thanks.   That should have been obvious and I didn't pick it up.

[trout]

I sent a pagoda and a sovereign over to Eric to get graded for me, here are the results .
I'm quite pleased with these :dance2:

 30758387  794146  ND (1790)  Pagoda  Arcot   AU58
 
 30758388  113383  1894-S  Sov  S-3877  Australia  MS62

[serial]

30758387 794146 ND (1790) Pagoda Arcot AU58
nice work!