Why not just keep the current system (since no one is going to abandon it anyway) but explain how the final grade was arrived at--how much weight...
You know some of the statements seem like they were begging to be challenged. I though maybe he did that intentionally to get more people show up....
Ed: If you don't mine my asking, do you know if that list was available beforehand? Before the seminar was given?
That's a nice one Jody. It's also got the fancy 50. That's really neat to look at with a loupe. I don't know if they have a name for that type of...
Thanks Jody. That's the 5c one and I got a 10c one too. Icky shuffle? That's the silly dance you see football players doing after they score...
Found 13 hard to find tokens at the FUN Show this morning. Unfortunately, by the time I was done with that I was too exhausted to go looking for...
Ebay's fees will probably continue to go up until their profit is high enough to bring in a real competitor. I view what collecting was before...
Well you can thank the city politicans for that. Back in the 80's they got tired of hearing Ft. Liquordale. Guess maybe that's why The Button...
Here's one on a Lincoln cent. [IMG]
If there's an art bar dealer in here that's going to be at the F.U.N show could you maybe message me with your table number. Pleassssse.... :D
You could also look for cuds. These are blobs of raised metal around the rim area caused by a piece breaking off of the die. You can see...
Yes Catman, it's the archives express. What do suppose would happen if market grading collapsed tomorrow? Now I can see all the eyes out...
That Abe Kosoff delivered a paper before the California State Numismatic Association on Nov. 8, 1957 and that it appears to me he explained the...
I'd like see wheat backs in 2009 and in bronze. They could also bring back the "penny bags" that they started, I believe in 1972. The mint...
"In my opinion far too many of us THINK we know what we are doing when it comes to grading."---G.D. Prather WINS article. I agree with that...
I will Catman. But are you certain it's evolving? :D
If they were to reform grading what do suppose it might entail and what might be the consquences? For example: A) Would...
"In what concerns you much, do not think that you have companions: know that you are alone in the world." Henry David Thoreau
We'll probably be collecting invitations from O'Brien to stop by room 101 :eek:
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