The color looks "off" to my eye, like it's been dipped. TPGs (PCGS in particular) is not very lenient when it comes to dipped IHCs.
Intent is always difficult to ascribe, whether we're talking about AT/NT or gradeflation. G, is it possible that the market changed and the TPGs...
I think you two are essentially saying the same thing. Paul is arguing market grading allows for change. G is arguing market grading has...
I do not disagree with that, outside I might argue the "greatly" part. To the contrary, I would argue that market grading as practiced by the...
Those are "facts" that you have chosen to support your position, and they are not in conflict with my own definition of the terms. We are both...
Indeed, and a good library of books too. Without experience to temper what you're reading or seeing, their value is limited, and that's the point...
My only contribution to this thread is this: When I started collecting, I thought I knew it all. The more I know, the more I realize I don't...
That looks like PMD "stamping" to my eye. Kind of like what you'd see on a chompmarked trade dollar our a counterstruck large cent.
Experience is the most important numismatic tool, IMO. Said a bit differently, a loupe is useless without the experience to interpret what you're...
I think there's a good deal of value in toned "junk" coins. You get all the pretty colors of toning with little of the premium. [img] [img]
I cannot recall for sure but seem to remember it being an Ike.
Technical grading = using a technical standard, generally written, to come to the grade of a coin. Market grading = using a more subjective...
Agreed. Please see my explanation above (i.e. it was listed on the submission form incorrectly). In other words, they didn't attribute it at...
If that coin grades AU, I'm turning in my coin collecting card. That coin's mint state, IMO.
Good point, but these coins are attributed by Sheldon not Newcomb. :) Getting past that, I'm simply saying they make mistakes like this all the...
You're a little late, rzage! ;)
I think you are confusing this forum, and a faction who posts their negative opinion of TPGs here very often, with the market in general. Said a...
Hi Amanda, I do not believe it would be "actionable" given the terms of the NCS agreement, but then again one can try virtually anything in a...
PCGS' strong suit is not attribution, and it's good to see them make it right. That said, that's a heck of a coin Ankur -- much, much nicer than...
I don't think anyone sees the TPGs or CAC as perfect.... Getting past that, you are second-guessing CAC and NGC, who both saw the coin in-hand,...
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