Looks like you already got clarification and answered it. Personally, I like the idea of split grades. I buy coins sometimes simply for the...
So you're from the era where dealers would advertise coins as "MS-65++: and "MS-65-". Well, not much has changed except now they give grades with...
Of course, we are all talking about "market grading" and this is very much so the realm of the TPGs, so to speak. Now, many of us have seen quite...
The very first thing I consider is always the technical aspects of the coin. The reason I do this is because market aspects can make the "grade"...
Yes and no. It depends on the standard you use as well as whether you are talking technical grade or market grade. Take for instance, the Barber...
Speaking of Bowers, he makes an intuitive remark about grading in his book "The Expert's Guide...": "Buy the coin, not the plastic" comes to...
You'd be amazed at how many late nights I close a browser tab after writing six or seven paragraphs just because I realize suddenly that I muffed...
No it wouldn't. That's the whole point. The coin would be MS-65 graded technically. A weakly struck can grade MS-65 and above based on...
There are differing opinions and interpretations because there are differing standards. And I'm not talking with regards to market grading....
It is actually dependent upon the procedures of the individual bank. I have bank accounts at three local banks, and each has a different...
I agree with you on these points, especially with the issue of "standards". But, I would have to say that the statement: is a bit skew. To...
Although I disagree with the grades that I have seen on the vast majority of TPG slabs, I would not say that they are "wrong". This is a point on...
That older saying went further than just the first sentence. ;) If you take the context all the way through you end up with "You hypocrite,...
What about it? If the seller wants to sell something for a specific price or at a starting price in an auction that is well below the "value" or...
I'd have to agree on this point. A bank is a bank. Their purpose and business is for depository of legal tender funds. If somebody deposits $50...
Absolutely not! A dealer is in the business of paying bills and eating. Any dealer knows that he/she is not going to make it rich selling coins....
To reiterate, this is probably the most valid point. And it does not matter how much knowledge you have about any series or particular coin. It...
Not necessarily. They may have changed. This is why I have said before that subjectivity is the key. Grading is subjective. Because grading is...
If this were true, then we really would not be having this discussion. The "collectors" have not accepted these changes, yet the TPGs continue to...
Bill Fivaz and Q. David Bowers would be two. Not that I would agree with everything either of those two put out, but I find their stuff to be...
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