That’s what happens when you press a coin into a folder over and over again.
I think the one you have labelled as Post? is clearly a planchet flaw. If either of these two marks are post strike, I think it would be the...
Admitting you are wrong is not an apology. I figured you would get around to it but were busy cleaning the egg off your face.
Typically, you use diffused lighting with the light source shined directly onto the surface of the coin. I just put a paper towel over my lamp...
That San Diego looks very lustrous.
If your eye for other series is as good as your eye for Jeffersons, I think you will be pleasantly surprised if you send your best coins in for...
I’m NT/MA on that quarter. It isn’t terribly attractive and I have no idea why it was graded no matter the originality of the toning.
We didn’t, someone has not read Rule #1
I'm not sure that would work out the way you want.
Thanks for clearing that up, I seriously thought you were a PCGS moderator for a moment.
Does that mean you are an employee of PCGS?
+1 You have no idea, I miss him, Jason, TomB, and Mark Feld as well
MS66, I concur about the difficulty in grading from you photos which seem to be low light and high contrast.
I take my photos with a point & shoot camera and they are better.
As @Leadfoot (MikeinFL on CU forum) used to say, coins like 1804 Silver Dollars and 1913 Liberty Nickels are more ranked than they are graded.
Gotcha
At this point, I think it’s clear they need to work on both their photography and their standard for MA with respect to modern proofs.
TDN is extremely knowledeable and I don’t ever remember reading a thread where I thought he was wrong. I’ve never heard of George Huang, does he...
It occurs to me that the only person from Legend I can mention by name is Laura. And while she can be entirely rude and condescending, her...
Lol, that was funny!
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