Same here.
At that price, I would not worry about it. It is fully within the price range for raw classic US gold. They generally have a 3-5% premium...
I know it won’t ever work. The current system is the spinal column of the US coin market. It can’t be removed or radically changed, and it...
Then you aren’t doing your research effectively. Every single point you have made in support the current grading system revolves around...
Not really. I spend time with each major purchase trying to determine how much I would have to pay for a coin with the look I want. Or, similarly,...
Very neat type!
I believe that is @TIF ’s creation
https://www.numismaticnews.net/article/market_demands_change_grade_standards Here is another article by @Insider for conversation fodder
Looks like convenience wins. As I said earlier, that is what is driving the shifting standards more than anything else. :rolleyes:
It’s ridiculous only for those who are anal about whether a coin should be a 66 or 67. In the end, does it really matter? How do you think US...
You are living by the fallacy that a coin whose technical grade is AU-58, based on the established standards, can only be valued as an average...
What I was suggesting was that, since grading is imperfect and subjective, it would be best eliminate assigning a number grade altogether. The two...
He looks quite unusually old on that coin!
I like these Rome deniers imitating those of Champange :) [ATTACH] [ATTACH] And here’s one from Champange: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] All of these...
They certainly got a national coin hunt going and hyped up a new release to ridiculous price levels. More people will probably enter the hobby as...
Looks like they are in plastic holders in that picture. Based on the technical definitions of AU and MS (which are incidentally proudly...
Interesting strike on the left wing. MS-64
We can always go the other direction... This coin was graded VF-38 when it is most clearly a VF-39! :rolleyes:
Very valid argument if you have a provenance to a collection that was stored in a cabinet. If you don’t, how do you differentiate between cabinet...
My as of Lugdunum: [ATTACH] [ATTACH] My picture of Lugdunum from when I visited there. [ATTACH]
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