I am pretty sure that there is still no computer around today can grade eye appeal.
I disagree. The only reason he developed his numerical grading was his already well-developed obsession with pseudoscientific quantitation of...
Anybody remember Compugrade? How'd that work out?
I have seen several Early American Coppers in TPG slabs that were tooled. Some quite obviously so. They want them back, but we use them for...
In the 19th century, there were no defined grading terms. Dealers and auctioneers used words to describe their coins, if they said anything at all...
Here are the "official" Sheldon standards as published in his book. Precise enough for you? [ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Technically they ARE different die varieties, as they were struck from different dies. It's just that nobody cares.
There have been some recent comments on this forum about "precision grading," i.e., numerical grading. I would say that precision grading is hype,...
Proof something-or-another. The pictures show too little detail for further assessment.
Exactly right! And I'll add that not all coins of the same "numerical grade" sell for the same price.
The Sheldon sale was not intended to be a grading scale. It was a PRICING scale. Back in 1949, a minimal VF 1794 large cent sold for roughly 1/3...
Cool error coin.
HISTORY IN YOUR HANDS? In spades! This one isn't perfect, but it's original. [ATTACH]
My mom passed Mothers' Day weekend of 2001. She married my dad when he was on leave from the Army just after Pearl Harbor. They didn't see each...
Not a hoard, exactly, but a case where a scarce coin looks a lot like more common varieties. This is an 1809 C-1. Believed unique in 1960, about...
I guess I don't understand the concept of DPL. Shouldn't the devices be frosted and the fields fully reflective? I don't see the contrast in any...
When the Smithsonian closed the old numismatic exhibits, they put up a small one in the Castle, and on one of the boards was an original UHR...
Good discussion of why the notion of gold or silver standards is stupid in this day and age. Gold and silver are commodities, just like pork...
I have the greatest respect for my good friend, John Wright, but secondary sources like books are not evidence.
I agree that the Matron Head is the least attractive large cent obverse design. Please tell me what evidence there is that Reich designed ANY...
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