Huh???? I thought you said it was David Lawrence that submitted the coins? Can you please explain what you are trying to say rather than making...
Wait, are you saying that PCGS changed their standards in 2003-4 and then further loosened their standards prior to 2010? Almost everyone agrees...
So it took five professional numismatists 3 years to find 20 coins that were undergraded through a concerted effort of cherrypicking with access...
If you don't understand that there is a difference between expanding market grading principles that result in higher grades and actually changing...
The people who believe that the TPGs deliberately lowered their standards believe that this happened sometime in the 2003-2004 range. Those same...
Yep, they want coins with roll friction to be graded low MS instead of AU. They want MS64 coins with premium gem luster to be graded MS65. And...
Wait a minute! What type of coins were they? What plastic did they start in? Which TPG were they sent to? And are you saying that 20 MS64's...
I wouldn't characterize that statement as double talk, rather, it is blatantly false. The TPGs will absolutely bump the grade of a coin based on...
I don't think that a Class I 1804 Silver Dollar is a good example of gradeflation. These coins are not so much graded by standards as they are...
So if it is essential from a financial standpoint to understand the grading practices of the TPG's, what good does it do to use the ANA grading...
I went to visit my brother who had back surgery last week. He asked me to look at his coin collection and give me his opinion. I told him that...
I think they could handle luster, strike, and eye appeal with 1 number. Maybe for surface preservation they could do 2 numbers: eg. MS65/64
You got it! IMO, the graders already make their evaluations of the individual elements of grading, all I am asking is that they share them with...
Rather than a story, I would like to propose a topic for discussion regarding the subject of market grading. I firmly believe the reason people...
@fred13, I know that you have been a member of this forum since 2009, but as others have pointed out, your post count indicates that you have not...
Doug has not graded more coins than the TPGs, that is ridiculous and the TPGs don't change their standards to satisfy high volume submitters. In...
You better hold onto that coin. If PCGS ever does add that variety to their registry, your coin will suddenly become very valuable. And it is...
I agree with Frank, this is probably an example of the spur die break which has a different angle than the variety. I have never seen an example...
I'm pretty sure that Ruben thought CAC was a scam/fraud. My argument with him about it in 2008 on this forum led to a very nice forum friendship....
Looks like they gave that coin a 2 point bump for the toning. I wonder what the sale price would have been if the coin were only graded MS64*,...
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