Wall St. getting involved was part of it. PCGS advertising their slabbed coins as "wonderful investments" was the other part. Of course the SEC...
Geeeez Jason ! John's out mowing the grass all the time, guess that means you rake the leaves huh ?? :D :D I'm tellin ya folks, you guys admiring...
Ehhhh - he finds them while he's out mowing the grass :D :D 'Course that could give people something to think about next time they see some guy...
Hmmmm - how far back shall we go ? :) To be quite honest, it occurred before CT existed, but not too long before. And my efforts to win others...
Just for giggles, I'll make a prediction. If you build it - they won't come ! ;)
They were experimenting with the rinses because of the spotting ! Then they started coating the coins after minting - that didn't work either. To...
OMG ! Been so long since I've seen you I figured you got kidnapped by aliens ! :D
Now you're talking about a different animal John - a completely new grading system. That's exactly what removing subjectivity would be - a new...
I wanna make sure folks understand something - establishing relationships with coin dealers is the single best thing you can ever do as a...
Blazer, most collectors face the same or very similar problems that you're facing. And it's not just those in the small towns or semi-isolated...
I agree Jeff but they haven't come far enough to do what's being talked about here.
This coin for example. I took both sets of pictures, seconds apart. Never changed a single camera setting. The only change made was to the angle...
This what the OP said the purpose of his efforts is - So, given his purpose Jason, what are we talking about here ? Teaching a program to grade...
Fair enough, that explains it.
I can tell ya this much Larry, we have and have had US Mint employees who are members here. As well as others who are employees and read the forum...
No, it's primarily due to advertising and ill conceived perceptions and beliefs, plus a lack of general knowledge.
Regarding PCGS values, they themselves have 3 different sources for people to use - Auction Prices Realized - https://www.pcgs.com/auctionprices...
I'm a bit confused here John. In your 1st comment you're suggesting that he filter out luster in the pics so it does not influence the training....
Given your post in the other thread it seems you figured it out :) edit - I decided it might be helpful for everybody to merge these two threads.
The number might be, and probably is, a good bit bigger than that. I say that because quite a few years ago, and I don't even remember how many...
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