*sigh* this is so devolving into an argument, but here we go again... same amount of pressure... no. spacing the same... again, no. dies the...
If it is PCGS' "opinion" on their case that helps determine the value of the coin, then they play a large part and have a HUGE interest in what...
As a matter of fact, Doug, I work for Safeway. In the produce warehouse. Apples are not made, they are grown, and therefore are all different. A...
You create a computer composite Darryl by examining the best known examples. you measure strike characteristics and determine hub characteristics...
As I write the book I will send you the pages for your approval, Doug. This is what frustrates me most. You constantly press others for detail but...
I am proposing that you think about coin grading based on this: If we were to look at what a coin is SUPPOSED to look like when it is struck....
I think that the purpose of it is to teach newbies and maybe even the hardheaded. <eg> I think that the conversation is ALWAYS worth having...
What is that streak across his hair? Is that a planchet flaw?
ty for the contest! it was fun!
I was always under the impression that this was a discussion forum, not an "etched in stone" forum. Paul was trying to provoke exactly this type...
one of the finest posts I have ever seen!!! thanks for sharing!!!
This is where I think you take something simple, call it complicated and tell us that it is just not possible by saying "it's just that simple"...
I don't think that there is much of a market for MS-66 BN Lincolns
cool irony, eddie. I think that either what Darryl said about listing in the redbook by date, how the coin should be struck, or a standard that...
Doug: This is very well said. I honestly think that this is the crux of what most of us have said all along. Maybe not put quite so well, or so...
Not to be a pain, but what happened to the 1792 half disme?
You know I would try a good old fashioned coping saw to get the coin out of the slab. It's agile enough to get close to the coin without making...
not to be nosy, but why would you crack this coin out? To rid the world of one more plastic tomb?
I'm sticking with my original assessment of AU-55
This is not at all what I said. What I said is that quality of strike is how you differentiate between the different Mint State grades. It has...
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