MS-70 Star... I gotta wrap my head around that... It sounds like the next step. Oh, Gawd, help me!
But the market only holds them accountable to a point. True accountability would mean a penalty for being wrong and restitution made to the...
But Chris, medoraman is right. PCGS publishes their own standards, NGC doesn't (to the best of my knowledge), but neither of them uses or claims...
Wow, Eddie... you made me blush. I actually know James personally. He has taught me much about Ikes and about grading in general. Also...
There has been a lot of discussion across several threads about MS and PF-70 coins and a major point of contention is the usage of the term...
James Sego is the best at Ikes that I have ever met, and a great guy too!
Trust me... the age of the known universe goes as follows: Big Bang Sun Earth Doug single-celled organisms and we're not even sure that the Sun...
good points... I learned something new
I see what looks like die fatigue as well, but if the strike didn't eliminate planchet flaws, well, since one comes at the set-up of the dies, and...
actually, as it was described as a super weak strike, maybe a adjustment strike or something where the planchet imperfections survived striking......
Honestly, I don't understand why this coin graded.
If I wait until I get home, I will show you the hits I am looking at. They are not tiny and they are quite numerous. I can count at least 9...
The number of hits on the coin make me also doubt it's chance at MS. Since I can't view the luster in hand to look for slight rub, I am assuming...
Then I say AU-53
well, let me state for the record that I DO NOT dislike insider! I find his posts informative and his debate stimulating, I just wish he would be...
My apologies for being an ass.
I see hits everywhere, you mean the hits aren't on the coin? W/ hits my grade is AU-53 W/O my grade is MS-65
Yes, the answer was the same as mine, except to say that I incorrectly said soap, when it was hydrochloric acid that was used to clean the...
Was that done with acetone, paddy?
The milk spots that I think you're referring to (in the 1960s) were caused by an inability to properly rinse the soap from planchets pre-strike....
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