Is it possible still don't understand that there is no debate about technical grading vs market grading ? Certainly not from me anyway. This is...
I'll add one more thing for you Charley, I've written about this whole thing dozens of times. And yes I've even listed all the different grading...
Like I said Charley, buy the books and read them yourself. Then you'll know everything there is to know about the differences between the 2...
I'm not even really sure what you mean by that. But between 1986 (3rd edition) and today (7th edition) the ANA grading standards did not change....
The easiest way or anyone to understand the difference between ANA technical grading and ANA market grading is to buy the 1st edition ANA book,...
No they do not ! The ANA was the very first to use market grading - they invented it in 1986. Several months before PCGS even existed. Now...
No it doesn't, wear always looks very different from contact marks, regardless of where it occurs. If a coin in a bag bangs against another coin,...
I define standard the same way the dictionary does - Standard - a level of quality or attainment. an idea or thing used as a measure, norm, or...
Look at the silver bar in the OP's post - that IS the problem bleach creates ! Bleach is well known for turning silver black. And it does things...
ANA grading standards are contemporary standards, even more contemporary than PCGS grading standards. The copyright date for the most recent...
I never said, nor did I even imply, any such thing ! There are millions of coins, of all metals, of any date, that are deserving of MS grades....
Not exactly, but yeah I can do that. But as there is no way of knowing when the thread will have run its course I'm just gonna do it now.
I'll make it easy for you. With every coin in the book, and the book includes all US coins, where it lists all the individual MS grades it says...
If you want it gone there is. I agree 100% ! And don't ever use bleach on coins - or any other numismatic items !
And with good reason ! For - [ATTACH]
Hmmm - then who publishes that book above, and its subsequent 7th edition, (and all the previous editions), and owns the copyright/s if not the...
Did you miss the part where I said the coin is not MS and cannot be graded as MS because it has wear on it ? That means I cannot grade the coin...
That's just it though, the "wear is wear" - regardless of what causes it - IS the thing ! And the reason it is the thing is because there is...
On their website ? Not that I'm aware of. But if you look at page 22 of this book -...
Not that I am aware of, but I'm always willing to learn. :)
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