Uhhh - the ANA grading standards are and were the first standards that required luster and strike to be used as grading criteria. They did exactly...
Fair enough on my choice of word. Perhaps developed would be the better word. In any event the ANA was the first entity to define, write and...
As I have also told you before, it's NOT a matter of technical grading vs market grading. Technical grading ceased to exist in 1986. NGC, PCGS,...
You might not be able to tell but I guarantee ya they can tell. Here's the thing. Harsh/improper cleaning is a matter of degree. And in the last...
Yeah, Numismatic News, he writes for them on a regular basis and has for years. It's not just 58s, there have been plenty of 53s and 55s graded...
Yeah, so are speeding laws. But it doesn't change much does it.
I just signed in to Heritage with no problem at all. I guess the thing folks have to remember is that for 6 months or longer now the internet has...
LOL ! Yeah, it would be REALLY nice if grading standards wouldn't change. But that is precisely the problem - they do change, they HAVE changed,...
There's no problem at with posting links to anything you want to post links to. Links do not violate copyright in any way. Which is precisely why...
You should try being a forum owner/admin. If you were you'd be the one getting the notifications and letters from lawyers over copyright...
To start with Mac every time there is a new post in a thread, by default the forum software moves that thread to the top of the list for that...
Welllllllll - we do expend no end of effort to try and keep him "confused". Always seems like he's happier that way :D But shhhh - don't tell...
Sorry, but you're flat out wrong.
Nope, there's nothing else to do. And there's not supposed to be any notifications. "Following" someone is nothing more than a convenient way for...
No it isn't. It's simply the law, and it also part of the rules of this forum - https://www.cointalk.com/threads/coin-talk-rules.34131/ 5 –...
Yes there is, it is most definitely a direct violation if copyright law. Why ? Because you copied the entire text and Fair Use only allows a small...
Could be, he was around after you joined CT. And he still stops by here once in a while.
And he worked at ANACS and NGC before that. He's been a professional grader longer than just about anybody.
Well, about all I can tell ya is that that story is older than I am. Ya gotta realize that there is a fair possibility that the story simply...
There was a time some years ago that the employees at PCGS pretty much agreed that the best grader they had at that time was 18 years old. I don't...
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