Can we get some expository info with each post, please? Like, in ikandiggit's post, is that the Horseman of War? (Looks like it could pass for...
This. Opine about a coin's subjective virtues all you want, but don't call it "grading". I'd be happy to see grading factored out into a...
Really? I was remembering that even images like the banknote above were getting shot down. I'd be happy to be wrong. I've never much liked the...
Be that as it may, the last time I offered coins with holes that size (or even smaller) to people buying 90% at coin shows, they offered me...
I'm pretty sure that this discussion has been attempted in the past, without success. It's not very rewarding to have the discussion without...
Any toning that has happened by accident can be reproduced by intent. It may take decades, but it even that probably isn't true. There are lots...
So does choosing a particular kind of case, one known to accelerate toning, constitute "natural" or "artificial" toning? What if you put a bit of...
So YOU'RE the one who's been messing with my stuff!
I'm not seeing it on your auctions or your "my world" page. I wouldn't be surprised if there's a delay in getting it propagated through to those...
Yeah, they can. Not perfectly, but how many perfect human drivers do you know? Nevada is already defining laws for self-driving cars; they'll be...
This bears repeating. It's perhaps not very good for our self-image as a species, but a lot of "ineffably human" things like perceiving beauty...
Get that thing in to ANACS or NGS ASAP! ...I've always wanted to see a "POOR DETAILS" slab.
It looks to me like all the arguments here against machine grading boil down to the importance of subjective judgement. For a collector, that's...
As best I can tell, you put nitric acid on it, and watch what color it turns. I'm a little suspicious of this test, based on the chemistry I know...
Quantitative reasoning: this is how it's done, folks. :) [ATTACH]
All that nice, original, lightly-circulated gold, with only a few fresh dents... :(
But in this case, not so much. :rolleyes:
So you don't believe that circulated proofs exist? :)
I wonder if we could make any headway with an eBay false-advertising complaint, on the grounds that oxygen (from the air in the oven) most...
It sounds like you're saying that scanning a coin damages it. Of course, that's not true. If you put your coin on a flatbed scanner and scan it,...
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