Lets play....guess why the coin did not grade from PCGS

[FilthyBroke]

#1 E.D.
#2 Not genuine
#3 A.T.

#2 correct!!! Not genuine
#1 what does ED stand for?
#3 beeeep, wrong

Excellent pickup on the gold coin!!!!

Yes, nice job Swampboy!  This didn't even pop into my mind, not sure why...is it at least gold?  This should be the first thought when inspecting raw gold, shouldn't it?  I am disappointed in myself now.

What about the other two?  Did I at least get one right?

[cpm9ball]

#1 E.D.
#2 Not genuine
#3 A.T.

#2 correct!!! Not genuine
#1 what does ED stand for?
#3 beeeep, wrong

Excellent pickup on the gold coin!!!!

Stef, how could it be in a Genuine holder if it is not genuine?

Chris

[Swampboy]

"#1 what does ED stand for?"


Environmental Damage.

[cpm9ball]

#1 E.D.
#2 Not genuine
#3 A.T.

#2 correct!!! Not genuine
#1 what does ED stand for?
#3 beeeep, wrong

Excellent pickup on the gold coin!!!!

Stef, how could it be in a Genuine holder if it is not genuine?

Chris

I guess the Genuine holder wasn't genuine either. 

[coinsarefun]

Stef, how could it be in a Genuine holder if it is not genuine?




You are 100% right, The gold is not in a slab and I typed the question wrong.


The answers are as follows
1) Environmental damage, I showed it to PCGS at the table before giving it to them and the said it should be fine. It is a very small spot lower right of the 3 in the date 1939

2) not genuine, a fake. My first fake gold coin, but did not get burned as it was a gift.


3) They said the reverse was cleaned
    that's a very bad and poor excuse but didn't matter because I bought it in  a NGC slab
    and cracked it out just for kicks and see what PCGS would say. I also wanted a nice image.
   
   It resides in my 7070 type set album

[aholds.ms-69]

The 1919-P Sovereign is definitely a fake!