Just a small question: If all TPGs used the same grading system, what would be the difference between them?
I'll check out the video. Thanks!
I certainly plan on going to coin shows and any auctions I can, and use the experience to learn more about grading. But it seems to me that in...
Yes, Kurt, I'd like to know where else can we find the standards used by TPGs. Or do they hire only those who have seen thousands of coins? Me,...
So very true. I remember when the county decided to expand services and finally connect to the internet. It didn't take long before they were...
Well lol...I don't know how serious a geek you have to be before you turn your back on Morgans, but I definitely prefer them over Peace dollars,...
It just seems like some people are using an electron microscope to find the tiniest error. I do have several magnifying glasses to find some of...
But what does it all mean? Does it make the coin a little more valuable, or is it all just something interesting to note? Idk, it doesn't mean...
And the only one I have is the 1886 raw. So maybe I need to keep an eye out for the rest.
I have to agree. Although I don't think the knowledge is jealousy guarded, but rather a person has to get training (which is available to...
Gosh, I guess it's good that I bought the ANA grading book using a gift card!:bored:
Thanks for that!
I agree that there might not be a large audience for ancients, but why restrict it just to those? And I agree with Kurt that YouTube has a...
Okay, as someone who has yet to buy a slabbed coin, I need to know what you all mean when you talk about rattlers and fatties. Sounds to me...
I have a paradigm and a paradat !!
I don't know, I think about this place as a family of collectors trying to help newbies like myself. Of course, I have yet to post a coin pic.:cool:
What? Coins aren't cash?? Guess I'll have to rethink what I thought was cash. :writer: But I've always heard you should pay cash for anything...
I just picked up The Official American Numismatic Association Grading Standards for U.S. Coins 7th Edition. Haven't had a chance to go through...
OMG! You have a DDOC!! I'd send it in to be graded immediately! Gotta be worth something!!:meh:
I understand that. In my experience, groups I've belonged to would gain and lose membership over time, but the group as a whole stayed around....
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