If ya mean degrees, none required that I know of. Skills ? Be able to grade the way they want ya to grade. If you can do that, you got a job....
Could be. But graders typically start at 6 figures and I've known of some who were paid $250k annual. Everybody has their own definitions but I'd...
Could have been a page loading issue, or who knows what else. There's been some rather unusual things happening with the internet the past few...
I didn't read the entire article, but I see pictures and examples of what they're talking about. And I'm not into Ancients but these certainly...
It's easy, type - proper cleaning - into the Search box and hit your Enter key. You'll find more than you want to read :)
There's a real easy solution - buy ONLY the coins you like, and forget everything else ;) Do that and the mint doesn't need to change. Do that,...
If you wish to use CT search, instead of using acronyms (abbreviations) spell out the full words. eg: doubled die obverse etc But granted, that...
No it wouldn't. The reason it wouldn't is because they (the TPG) are the only ones who get to decide if the grade they gave is accurate or not....
I readily agree that a grade is only an opinion. But when push comes to shove there's two things that matter. 1 whose opinion is it ? - as some...
Bowers has also written several articles about collecting the SLQs, as well as a book on them. Finding and reading those may also help you in your...
Mike we shall have to agree to disagree on 2 points. 1 - harshly clean and improperly clean are synonyms. 2 - clean and conserve are synonyms....
Yeah, I know the difference too Mike. In a nutshell my point is quite simple, since the end result is always the same - a damaged and ungradeable...
That would do it alright. But so would ordinary toning over a long period of time. Acid fumes in the air in a closed room would do it pretty...
Then show us clear pics of 1 coin at a time and maybe we can tell you what it is. The pic you posted before - we can't tell anything from that.
No, they are made of pliofilm.
The "definitions thing" raising its head again - everybody has their own definitions. Yeah, I know that to you Mike harshly cleaned and...
There's a broad range of years, from the late 50's to the mid 60's for the most part, where the Proof nickels are commonly found with pretty...
That's thing, it has been cleaned, there's no disputing that ! BUT - it has been properly cleaned. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with...
It's important to understand what carefully controlling coin weight means. Ya see, no matter what the specified weight for any coin is/was, it's...
If what I'm saying is incorrect, then tell me, why does the coin have the grade it has ?
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