Yeah, they did. But at each TPG the graders are forced to follow whatever grading standards their bosses tell them to follow. They do not get to...
I kinda wonder if the coin was not dipped once before, and since re-toned. (And I'm not even going to address AT/NT.) I say that because it looks...
Nobody is disputing that, least of all me. My point is that they should not. So tell me, if your thinking is correct, and an "as struck" coin...
There are different kinds of haze, sometimes it's environmental contamination, but it's usually the beginning form of toning.
95% of all grading is done with naked eye.
Unproven assumption ? A cracked die is by definition flawed.
Mike trying to learn how to grade coins based on pictures in a book is beyond tough. Why ? Because you can take 100 of those nickels that all...
Alright enough with the finger pointing. Drop it.
Equal how ? Equal in all other grading criteria - the things that are used to establish the grade of a coin. I'm not talking value, never even...
Yeah, were I you, I would too :D
The TPGs themselves tell us they are not part of grading. I agree with them.
I always get such a kick out of you telling me what my own words mean Brandon :rolleyes: Really ? And to think I managed to do that with one...
Yeah these flaws are inherent to the process and I have no problem at all with grading such coins. But that doesn't answer the question - can 2...
CBD the concept is pretty simple. A coin is designed a specific way, every little detail is supposed to be there, and there is not supposed to be...
And that is exactly why they are not by the TPGs. They are a business, and the first and only goal of any business is to stay in business and be...
Well that's kind of the problem in a nutshell. The TPGs, and much of the marketplace, use value to determine the grade of a coin. When it should...
That is indeed the problem. Many refuse to believe that the TPG grading standards have changed at all. Some say that there was a change, a...
No. But you are far from alone in that thinking. Market grading has absolutely nothing to do with value, or with value affecting the grade in any...
You want graphs, here there be graphs - http://www.pcgs.com/prices/frame.aspx?type=coinindex&filename=index Not for specific coins but rather for...
You shouldn't, it's quite true. That has always been accepted as fact since long before the TPGs ever came along. In fact it's even worse than...
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