In reply to post #159 - Uhhh Mike, do you realize that you are disputing what is written in black and white in the ANA grading books ?
Eddie, I think you're basing your comment on a false assumption, but you can correct me if I am wrong. I think the reason you're saying that,...
Ahhhh, so you're saying all of those examples don't count because grading standards have become more lenient. Makes perfect sense to me :rolleyes:
Yeah maybe. But does it really matter ? The only thing that matter is the end result. You see, you can't ever tell if there is "something else...
Well ya see that's the thing Mike, you're making the same assumption that a lot of people make. That being, that if someone is a moderator then he...
I'll even pin down to the top 2 and still say - so many times I can't count that high. And anybody who thinks it doesn't happen, well, all they...
And when two, or more, moderators disagree - then what ? And yeah, it happens. :)
You do realize you are the only person on the planet who believes that don't you ?
Hmmmm - I can't speak for what goes on today because I don't post in the other forums or even read them anymore. But in the old days it wasn't...
Computer grading does not and cannot ever work because of the subjective aspects of grading. And PCGS was not the only company to ever try and...
Yes, the ANA wrote the first set of actual grading standards. It was written in 1977 and that was the first edition of their grading book. And it...
This is a pertinent question, and the answer is quite simple, everybody involved in numismatics did. Market grading, as it was designed, was the...
I understand what you are saying, and I'll readily agree that there are AU coins that look better than some MS coins, and yeah, real MS coins. And...
While I will agree that that is how they define it, or what people call it - today - that is not what it is, nor what it was. What you are...
Ahhhh, but you cannot have one (rainbow toning) without the other (luster). So does it really ? ;)
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