Agred, but I think some threads heree at CT have clearly shown some coins with grades from the TPGs that were WAY off. Not 1 but 2 or 3 or 5...
I've repeatedly said that the assembly-line rapidity where these guys are spending 5-15 seconds per coin is the reason they are making mistakes....
I'll drink, it's just that right now I'm a bit bloated from the 600+ pages Saints book. ;) Thanks for the heads-up, Doug !
Differentiation = $$$$ That's why that infamous thread over at CU had such heated posts.
I was unaware that there was a PHYSICAL and LONGEVITY difference in the 2 slabe....I assumed plastic was plastic. Me personally, I don't mind the...
No, if NGC isn't engaged in gross overgrading then you are experiencing GOOD luck. :D
If more examples like this become commonplace, the premium has to fade -- no ? Another problem was that for 1 or 2 of the slabs that NGC used,...
I'm not against them, I just don't think that any ACTUAL market discrepancy from grading or any PERCEIVED discrepancy (as with ICG or ANACS)...
I just have the 7th....:D
It's VERY interesting to read this thread and the comments....I'm learning alot, but mostly I'm just surprised since PCGS slabs have held that...
Is it your contention -- and others reading this thread -- that NGC does not do this or at least as frequently ? I'm asking, not trying to make a...
It's interesting that Sheldon's scale was for large cents. If that was the case, I would think it would be useful for other large coins, like...
Beat you to it, I think you recommended them to me a few years ago. I don't have the PCGS books, but have the others. Also have the ANA Grading...
No, my PT job stopped so I'm in a holding pattern. If I was working FT right now, I'd be buying, yes.
You didn't see my BARRON'S piece, did you ? That was like 20+ years ago !!
Gotcha.......and give me a number for pre-1987, the early-1980's or 1970's. 9 ?
Wait a second...maybe the switch of market for technical grading timeframe is your 2004 reference ? Things tightened in 1985-86 and LOOSENED in...
Doug, I think so. But you just typed: "...the new grading system adopted in '86 was tougher......" I thought what you've been drilling into...
You don't like the color of gold ?
I think you get a free bowl of soup with that coin, just like this guy: :D [MEDIA]
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