Thanks! :) I've had a headache for the last few days straight but it's just now starting to subside. Now I get to look forward to some guests...
Most certainly they do! Yet, they will only turn as much profit as they do loss. It is very similar to stocks, in that the loss of one person is...
Thanks for the input, Mike. How would you be able to discern a flip-over as opposed to die deterioration on a coin that is extremely circulated?...
I know it is far from the greatest specimen of an 1852 silver 3-cent, and it's damaged...but it's mine! :) I've had this coin for quite a while...
This is one reason why I believe that grading should be done on a technical level, with the market aware aspects of grading sub-noted, for...
I just received my sample a few days ago. As most here know, I view TPG services as mostly a moot point to collectors, yet a needful thing for...
Unless the technical standards you use change, the coin will continue to technically grade 64. Some will argue that the market grade will...
That is "potential" new owner. If the grade does not satisfy the potential buyer, and you stand by your grade, and you know what you want to get...
Just imagine how much money we could milk from car collectors if we created a car grading company on the same premise! We could just throw a new...
Not really. The key here is debt. Debt is a very specific legal term and is used to identify when a product or service had been received with...
I would say that you are rather limited on that particular set. I would personally go up to $30 on that set if I were in the market for it....
I should reiterate on my above post, as I am not trying to say that a grade would "get a bump" for being an exceptional or above average strike in...
That's one way of looking at it. But then consider this. There are different ways of grading coins. Some people will start with market aware...
You pretty much understand the underlying basis for it. You send it in, pay your fee, and they either send you the slab back non-stickered (kinda...
Sort, easy...extensive cherry-pick, near impossible. ;) Then again, I have five kids, so there is quite an amount of disruption and interruption.
Agreed, with minor adjustments. :) $50 face in cents can be gone through, sorted, and cherry-picked in a good 72 hour session, less proper...
Not the complete collapse of the numismatic market, but the TPG market. Your explanation of why you like CaC reveals some insight into what I'm...
A reliable system for buying coins sight unseen does not and cannot exist. This is the supposed purpose of the TPGs, and it has failed to...
That's funny! After replying to AJ's last comment, I just realized this thread is supposed to be about grading weak strikes. :hammer: Never...
Weak strikes generally occur when the dies are positioned too far apart. In days of old, the mint would do this to prolong the lifetime of the...
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