Grading- Mercury Dime 1945

Again, thank you all in advance? What do you think? MS 62?

Pretty luster. 63?

I think I see a number of ticks on the obverse, which lead me to say AU.

I'm tempted to agree with Steve with all the nicks on it a strong XF or AU

Ooooh....i was way off.

Цитата: "Oklahoman"​Ooooh....i was way off.

​I was just about to give up getting a new series of pics for this one, but now, i'm gonna do it!

Dear loruca,
You've been asking lately opinions of others about grades of your coins, and as usual received replies which you were not happy about since the given grades were lower than yours. Never forget that your opinion about the coin in your hands is as good as anybody's else (with your photo technique after all you are the only one who sees its true color ), ... unless this anybody works as an expert for NGC or PCGS and you receive back a slabbed certified coin with a grade which will be recognized by the market. Since many people pay huge amounts of money to these companies for grading services, their experts should know the Sheldon scale better than anybody. Keep looking at coins slabbed by major third party grading companies and train your eye in distinguishing the grades. Thus you'll learn to grade as people paid thousands of dollars for this job do it.
As an example, here is a slabbed coin. What grade would you (or anybody interested in this subject) give it? Check your expertise.

Цитата: "Andrey"​Dear loruca,
​You've been asking lately opinions of others about grades of your coins, and as usual received replies which you were not happy about since the given grades were lower than yours. Never forget that your opinion about the coin in your hands is as good as anybody's else (with your photo technique after all you are the only one who sees its true color ), ... unless this anybody works as an expert for NGC or PCGS and you receive back a slabbed certified coin with a grade which will be recognized by the market. Since many people pay huge amounts of money to these companies for grading services, their experts should know the Sheldon scale better than anybody. Keep looking at coins slabbed by major third party grading companies and train your eye in distinguishing the grades. Thus you'll learn to grade as people paid thousands of dollars for this job do it.
​As an example, here is a slabbed coin. What grade would you (or anybody interested in this subject) give it? Check your expertise.
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Thank you very much for your explanation! I am far from knowledgeable with the sheldon​ Scale, (I collect mostly italian coins and usually grade by their standards). You also completely hit the mark, I have a serious lack of material with which to take pictures and need to better my technique. The coin you posted, has wear on most higher surfaces, a number of scratches but nothing that wouldn't indicate a straight grade... I believe the lack of detail in the hair is a strike deficiency? so i'd estimate a grade of VF-30? maybe Xf if the grader felt it was a good day... But the lack of detail in the shields at the front would undermine that. so I'll throw the Vf30.
Thanks!
Loruca

Also, I tried to get better images! Tell me if you still agree with your original grade, as these are more representative!

Based on photograde I would say XF+

Цитата: "aaronmgd"​Based on photograde I would say XF+

​XF+ corresponds to XF45 we see on slabbed coins, anything higher would be called AU.
Here is a Mercury Dime graded by PCGS as XF45. Do those two coins have the same degree of wear, nicks and scuffing in the field?

I don't see any wear, just a weak strike along with a bunch of ticks, so it appears to be an AU58 to me.

If I had to sell the locura's coin, I'd probably grade it also AU in order to be on the safe side with a prospective buyer. It might be graded MS60-61 if sent for third party grading.
As for the Rouble I showed earlier, it was graded by NGC as XF45. Somebody paid NGC about $50 (maybe even more with shipping and insurance fees) for this service.