Another dodge ? Paul, if NGC has no published standards how can anyone, including me, list what the differences in those standards are ? They...
As for the issue of dipping copper, it has long been my opinion that it not only can be done successfully, but that it is done successfully, and...
Coin dip, which is what he is using even though it is diluted, will remove both artificial and natural toning. And in many, if not most, cases...
Well Paul I think this is the issue in a nutshell - - it's what you don't see that is the problem.
Can you not read Paul ? In particular the sentence I underlined below ? Yeah they made wholesale changes, they invented an entirely new system....
PCGS defines moderns as any coin minted after 1964. And no, the numbers are not a mistake. With the books in hand you can look up each and every...
Here ya go Paul. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] What you have there are pictures of the PCGS pop report from the end of 2003 showing the totals in all...
No Paul I never said that at all. The ANA didn't change their grading standards, they changed their grading system from technical grading to...
Neither one of those things is even close to true. First of all I have stated many times that prior to 2004 I agreed with TPG assigned grades 85%...
What a lot of people don't realize is that the market grading system was invented and developed by the ANA, not the TPGs. The work the ANA did on...
Yeah Paul I've read them, read them all as a matter of fact. You see, that's what I do and what I have done for many years. I read articles about...
Here's a couple more articles on the subject for you - http://numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&ArticleId=7491...
You already know the answer Paul so why ask ? But for those who don't, it was before 2004. There is if you were there because you saw it with...
Easy enough, https://www.cointalk.com/threads/morgan-experts-need-your-opinions.252186/ If you look, you'll even find some fairly recent examples...
It doesn't quite work that way. Spot price of gold since 2000 - [IMG] Mint State rare gold coin index for 10 years - [IMG] As you can...
And that has happened several times which is why so many silver and gold coins have been melted. It is not something new. But if the spot price...
You're correct, it does not exist today. But there was a time when it did, and not so long ago. But history, actual recorded prices, show us...
The point that Chris is making is that when the spot price drops dealers would rather gamble and hope that the spot price goes back up in the near...
Mike, I don't have a most popular grade. I just call 'em as I see 'em based on ANA standards. As for the price issue, you're suggesting that if...
I'll dig 'em up for ya.
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