But that would still not explain 5.22. And neither would wear, not unless it was almost a slick. Coins do not lose appreciable weight from wear,...
Close enough, I came up with 5.47 for the low end, same for the high.
While it may seem that way to some, all we did was tell the guy the truth. Sometimes the truth is a hard pill to swallow. But that doesn't change...
I readily agree. But I was speaking in generalities. Sure, some can pick it up really fast, but others can spend years and years and still not...
Yeah those are the specified weights. But specified weights must be thought of as being a target, the weight that is "aimed" for. But there is...
In terms of ordinary luster yes. In terms of mint luster, no. That coin had no mint luster left on it anywhere. Not even on the edges of anything.
Just by looking at your picture I would have said it appears to be an obvious fake - for several reasons. And if I get out Delmonte's Silver...
I think I should point out for those that don't already know it, that when a TPG puts Cleaned on the slab label, that is just shorthand for...
To be honest Mike I kind of think you confuse the issue for some with your explanation. I know what you'e talking about, what you mean, and some...
Well to start with Brent you have to understand that there are two terms - cleaned and harshly cleaned - they mean very different things. But if...
To learn how to grade correctly and accurately you have to look at hundreds of thousands of coins, or more. Think about it for a minute, how many...
And that's the key word - flattening. When a coin experiences wear the metal is not worn away and removed from the coin, the metal is merely...
About genuine examples, or that specific fake ? I'm asking because I seriously doubt there is any site with any info about the fake. And given...
The one doing the experiment, like you, knows what you're looking at because you're the one doing it. And because of that you have an...
Far more often than most might think. But few remember them because a single hairline has such little impact on anything, including the grade,...
When you guys are doing these experiments with high mag pics I think it would be beneficial for those viewing them in posts if you would start off...
My point with is specific comment was that anyone that anyone who knows how to grade coins accurately and correctly could do it in 5 seconds flat...
There's nothing wrong with nitpicking a coin. In order to grade a coin properly that's what one needs to do. There is also nothing wrong with...
It might be but if it has been I've never seen nor heard of it being published anywhere. But then published to me means in a numismatic article,...
Strictly my opinion of course, but I thought I already answered the why of it - because there is no practical way, stress practical, to measure...
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