I think what you are implying is that one of CAC's goals is to rein in market grading and make sure the coin is solid for the grade, regardless of...
Perhaps, but I don't place any value on my own skills as a grader, so I can't say which of my coins is "market graded" and which have "technical...
I don't have any stories of my own, but I certainly will enjoy this thread and the resulting podcast!
Cud all day long.
Thanks for showing us your experimenting. Nice photos too!
I feel the same way about the Bugs Bunny Franklins.
A nice clean (mark-free) coin, but with less than desirable toning.
AU58 from the PCGS Forum marketplace. The same coin I almost previously purchased off the CAC forum marketplace, but the premium freaked me out...
Very pretty!!!
Maybe...but we don't need yet another grading system added to the mix, "geekpryde's propriety grading system". Who the heck wants to follow that?
Thoughtful reply from a respected dealer's perspective. Thank you.
A good reason I never learned to grade and depend on PCGS/NGC coupled with CAC!! :D
Nasty scratch, I would even go as far as to call it a gouge. No way it should have gotten a numeric grade from PCGS.
Seems to me that CAC proponents like myself are mostly quiet (not me). The anti-CAC people are mostly boisterous. But like you said, CAC...
No, that's not what I meant at all. You (the human) are not telling the computer what is attractive and not, you are showing examples of a...
Since Machine Learning is mostly based on inputs (one branch is), coin grading seems like a perfect test case for this technology to me....
Looks like a problem coin to me, but I don't know why.
Have you not heard and read about "machine learning"? Read up! You'll be amazed at what is being done in this area at University. Not...
Based on top photo, I would say YES. But based on the bottom photo, I would say definitely NO. Hmmm [IMG]
I usually offer/ ask for a price that it be no more than retail pricing, based on eBay, HA, CoinFacts, etc for a really nice coin. NGC / PCGS...
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