to be fair, Kurt is having a hard time disengaging value from grade. To me, value is value, and grade is grade, but to be honest, he's just...
Grading guides don't take any factors into account other than technical grade. Not to mention the fact that they are never accurate and rarely if...
I agree that if the main function of a TPG is to protect the uninformed, then we really don't need them.
The problem is that the "powers that be" have a vested interest in making grading complicated and unclear. There are many times I have chosen a...
Yes, I am. If an AU-58 coin is spectacular in eye appeal and the MS-60 coin is dull and lifeless, yes! the AU coin is more desirable and therefore...
Thanks for the kind words. Don't be hard on @Insider, I really believe that he is well intentioned, but just tends to rub against the grain a bit...
But that's the inherent problem. Over time what you should pay will change and in proportion to the rest, that may change as well.
Right, but the TPG grades it according to it's value. Why? If you grade it PF40, it's still the worst, but the grade is accurate.
Actually, no, it doesn't. Coins are not graded across series, but rather each date and mintmark combination is graded against itself only.
funny... funny... My point is that if you market grade, don't expect the grades to stay the same over time. A TPG grades coins and as far as I...
The problem with what you propose is that with a market graded coin, it may be worth X money today, but worth Y money tomorrow. Quit trying to...
but if you are slabbing a coin with a stated grade, should it say: In Asia MS-65, In USA MS-63, in Europe AU-58 to accommodate your geographic...
The problem with including value, Kurt is this: Over time, values change. Should the grade change along with value? No, because if it did, as the...
Most good solutions are simple. Yes... it's true... we agree
Exactly. The coin's grade is the coin's grade. The value will (and should) change over time.
here's my take, and I completely realize that this is NOT the way that the system works, but here's what I think: Grade the coin. Let the buyer...
Kurt, grading coins is never done with funhouse mirrors, but at times, I wonder if it is.
The grade of a coin should be specific. The value of a coin can, and will be fluid. The notion that a GRADING company will change the GRADE based...
nothing fundamentally scary about improvements, Kurt. Just asking them to create a standard and stick with it. If an inch was one length one day,...
All of the above answers are fantastic and great advice. There's a different book that I'd recommend and even though the title states that it's...
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