I'm not sure I would have used the word "usually", but otherwise I agree 100%, and this bears repeating. Well said.
Gorgeous coin. How many coins did you have to look at to find that one? ;)
There is no such thing as a good place for a newbie to buy. Newbies can and do make mistakes in all trading venues, and TeleTrade has a few...
Removing oils through the use of acetone/mek/xylene/etc. will often result in a non-reactive coin becoming reactive. Personally, I wouldn't do it...
I don't know what it is or how to apply it as I've never done it. My understanding is that it is an opaque substance that hides marks/hairlines...
To get a higher grade and price. For example, take an MS 62 coin, putty it, and get an MS 63 or 64 coin. $$$ is the answer to your question.
It is all over the obverse -- in the fields to the left of the indian, on the cheek and in the headdress. The putty has started to flake off, and...
What a wicked cool coin! However, it's dubious origin as possibly struck for a collector devalues it to me (just like restrikes). Still would...
Chain cent (check) Wreath cent Isabella quarter (check) Proof gold from the 1800s 1792 half dime Why? Because they're all cool coins to me...
I think we've finally found some common ground. I agree. :) "Pricing", "ranking", or "Steve" (inside joke), you can call it whatever you...
The example you use of the 1877 IHC has a very different cause -- it's not market grading that's being used here. To me, the TPGs use an entirely...
IMO, value affects grading to the extent that eye appeal affects grading. Said a bit differently, TPGs interpret eye appeal as a way to both...
Call me cynical, but I don't believe words, I believe actions. The TPGs say they don't grade artifically toned coins (lie) and designate coins as...
Here is a coin I purchased from a major dealer which was later submitted to CAC. They refused to sticker the coin (PCGS MS 63) and the reason...
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View 100 or 1000 examples of a coin in-hand before buying a single one.
Wow, it took a lot of looking around for the receipt of this coin -- it's been almost a year since I started this thread. I paid $95 (delivered)...
Not the way I read your post. To wit, you defined the term grading as follows: "When coins are graded the assigned grade is based on several...
Let the pumping & dumping begin! Does anyone have an high-leaf or low-leaf quarters they want to get rid of? Cynically yours...Mike
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