- February 6, 2012
Five winners of the PCGS Photograde Online™ grading contest were announced at the Long Beach Coin, Stamp & Collectibles Expo on Saturday, February 4th. Congratulations to Jim Stofle of Merced, California, who won the adult competition. He competed against 20 other contestants by grading 12 out of 20 coins correctly. Jim was the only contestant who graded over 50% of the coins correctly. He is the recipient of a Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle graded PCGS Secure Plus MS65. The final breakdown was as follows:
Number of
Coins Graded
Correctly |
Number of
Contestants
Who Achieved
the Score |
| 12 |
1 |
| 9 |
3 |
| 8 |
1 |
| 7 |
4 |
| 6 |
1 |
| 5 |
4 |
| 4 |
1 |
| 3 |
1 |
| 2 |
3 |
| 1 |
2 |
The 20 coins and grades from the adult grading contest were the following:
1923 $1 MS65
1885 $1 MS64PL
1941 50C MS66
1942 1C PR64RD
1904 $20 MS63
1941-S 10C MS67FB
1887-S $1 MS62
1885-O $1 MS63
1898 25C PR63CA
1901-S $10 MS63
1895-S $20 AU58
1885-O $1 MS66
1940 50C PR65
1932 $10 MS63
1940-D 25C MS66
1893 $10 MS61
1904 $20 MS62
1890 $1 MS64
1900-S $20 MS60
1932 $10 MS66
There were two contests for young numismatists. The first was for pre-high school kids with 21 participants. Payton Horne of Newbury Park, Calif. and Benjamin Taylor of Pacific Palisades, Calif. tied for the top spot by correctly grading two coins. In the high school division, six kids competed with another tie for first place with three correct grades. Winners were Dwight Covington of Redondo Beach, Calif. and Patrick King of San Diego, Calif. Congratulations to all four young numismatists, who were awarded PCGS-certified Secure Plus MS65 Morgan dollars. The ten coins and grades from the kids’ contest were the following:
1878-S $1 MS64
2009 $5 Gold Eagle MS69
1960 25C PR66DC
1938-D 5C MS66
1904 $20 MS64
1964 50C PR67DC
1885-O $1 MS66
1945-S 50C MS64
1887 $1 MS65
1924 $1 MS64
More grading contests are planned for the future, including all upcoming Long Beach Shows, so watch the PCGS News page for announcements.
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