I think we're looking for absolutes in a world of opinion. Grading will never be absolute.
65, 64, 66
Your post was fine.... sorry it has been reduced to this funny typo.
This is a good place to start: https://www.pcgs.com/News/How-United-States-Coins-Are-Graded
Before you wonder too much about the PCGS standard I'd like to ask if you've read them? The very little reading I've done along those lines has...
I'd like to repeat I'm not a critic of the PCGS cartel, that is, not ever since the letter. Back about 2 yrs. ago I sent them a letter of...
I'm pretty sure that baseball21 would admit that PCGS makes mistakes from time to time. I'm pretty sure PCGS would admit that. This thread was...
I don't know if it will ever happen or not but it would be interesting to be alive at the moment coin collectors reject TPGs for [insert whatever...
I happen to think this thread is educational. If you understand historical grading practices and market grading and how standards change you're...
The very first time I tried it was on a college campus where a total stranger offered for me to try it. The flavor was 'Gummi Bear' and it was...
I was curious as to why baseball21 was working so hard for the TPGs. I had a private investigator do a background check. Turns out he's a...
*double post*
My father and I read through the PCGS standards for 65 and 66 level coins. They do leave some 'wiggle' room in there which I think is reasonable....
Why cannot I be both?
Money Laundering.
I took a really good look at the reverse on that coin. I noticed the bell has a crack in it. So no, not an MS67+.
I think the question that isn't getting answered (from the perspective of a doubter) is that not too long ago if one would have claimed the coin...
I look forward to the MS68 version of this coin.
I think it is funny that this coin got such a high grade when it is clearly missing the '8'. I'm embarrassed for the 'experts' that missed this -...
Yeah, that is a bit of a puzzlement to me at this stage. I can see where two coins technically graded the same would be far apart in realized...
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