PCGS IS TRASH

Cleaned or Polished ~ that 1897 Morgan (4:18) was harshly messed with and deserved a DETAILS grading at the very least. Tbh, I'm surprised you even sent that one in to be graded. Those scratches, regardless of the cause, make it an ugly coin.

I can see being upset about the lack of attribution for VAM’s, but in my opinion, all of them that were graded as cleaned were cleaned. Look closely at about 2 o’clock on that 1885-O right behind Liberty’s head at about 5:58 to 6:02 of this video, as an example. I think those fine scratches there were what they identified as being cleaned versus the scuff marks in front of Liberty’s face. The customer service you described, though, was horrible, and I understand why you’re done with them.

If someone polished it trying to add luster it's the same to me as cleaning it................

Those are scratched all to hell Fields are not clean 🪥

Looking at the trueview for the 87-P nickel, it clearly isn't full steps. PCGS was correct. ANACS may have different (lower) standards. The steps are really "chewy" and need to not have any marks or interrupts which yours clearly has. For the Morgans, did you check the box and pay $20 for the variety Attribution? If so then you can call customer service and they'll pay for shipping both ways and add the attribution. They don't do it for free. If you didn't pay, then you don't get the attribution. The 97-s is cleaned. If there's any hint of cleaning, they call it cleaned. PCGS made the right call.

The 1897s looks like it was clean with a wire brush to me .and I’ve been doing work in Morgan’s for 40 yrs.

The 1897 s has clearly been cleaned

PCSG ms62 is less than it's worth the cost. You get what you pay for

Collecting "RAW" coins is always a crap shoot unless you are good at recognizing cleaned coins.

Sorry you've had such bad luck with them. I've always been taken care of by both NGC and Anacs. Good luck in your future submissions🤙 Dig your content🤘

1897s yes that's cleaning not die polish lines. Congrats on your video but you should use this as a learning experience and not a rant. I send coins all the time and they grade straight. It's rare I get questionable color. There are numismatic books that can help you. I know your trying hard here and I'm here to help if you want it thx

You have to pay the $18 for a variation to be designated. PCGS will not give one otherwise. You could send in a 1955 double die Lincoln cent and if you don't pay the extra amount you will have it slabbed as a 1955 Lincoln cent with it's grade only.

Bro, that 1897S looks heavily cleaned. There's a big difference between die polish marks and cleaning. The polishing was done on the dies, so the "scratches" will be raised, but when its cleaned the lines are scratched into the metal

I agree: they are slow, not accurate and very difficult to deal with.

i completly agree with you ! they dont know how to grade anymore, they down grade the very best of coins !!

I understand your frustration. You send them in hoping mainly for designations or varietys. I have to wonder if a coin comes back details do they then not allow varieties? Either way word is being spread load and clear that PCGS is in a downward spiral.

Top left steps are not full on that nickel

I don’t know which is worse. When I sent in my coins to grade at NGC, I usually had to wait 4-6 months. They always charged me 200-300 more than what I had calculated. I suppose to get discount on coins grading because I bought the most expensive membership, they acted like they can’t do basic math like add, minus, multiply etc…They charged me for coins that they claimed “scratched “ without capsulate them. I was going to try PCGS, but just not very attractive to the look of the slabs. When I store them, they fitted awkwardly. Watching this video brought back memories I had to deal with NCG. The customer service was awe full. I did that to discourage people calling them. I found a bunch of CC Morgan dollar coins in the attic of the house my brother bought . I need to grade them.

The 1897 hairlines doesn't looks like die polish at all. They are right.

I have coins slabbed by PCGS that have the wrong year. How do you fuck that up? That’s just the year!