Yeah Paul, I see the scrapes on the coins. And yes, I know about the tops of the letters not always filling in too. But when you look at those...
I plan on being there, not sure what day yet.
Waste of time even bothering to respond, but yeah, you're right toronto, and you too Vic. Go ahead a do it the way you guys suggest, that is...
While I know what you are asking you first need to specify that you are asking about common date, generic coins. And then pick some various...
Well in the first place Paul I never claimed that it would be easy to find graded coins with machine damage. I merely said it would be easy to...
I would add a couple of things. Pictures, don't trust pictures too much. In the first place whoever is taking the picture is trying to present the...
Find out.
Counting machines come in all different types and can inflict all sorts of different damage. Rolling machines are different in that they count and...
if they don't grade it 66, I'll be surprised.
On the dime I can only assume that it was a rolling machine that somehow caused the damage since what damage there is, is circular in nature. On...
If I had to guess I'd say it was dip residue.
Acetone will only remove (dissolve) some things from a coin. It works well on certain types of glue, tape residue, fresh fingerprints (it will not...
I agree, the tops are cut off. On the Morgan, I think it's the damage over the eye.
Works for me. I didn't think the leaves lined up quite right from just looking at it, but they do.
Who has the software to do an overlay, anybody ? Physically impossible. The portion of a die that forms the rims of a coin are shouldered, the...
Nope I have no problem Paul, I was unaware that he wrote it under a different title. And thank you for pointing it out. See how easy that is ?...
Dave, I am not talking about what you call the Doug grading scale. All I am doing is presenting historical facts. Now if you want to disagree with...
Paul, you have said so much that I don't even know where to begin. First of all what I presented was actual PCGS data published by PCGS. None of...
Paul, I have said many times that the TPGs have changed their graded standards several times, not just once. You mention above the change when...
Nobody said it is about the "good ole days". But it is a fact, a documented fact, that market grading did not exist until 1896. The ANA will tell...
Separate names with a comma.