Well eddie if you are talking about things like eye appeal, quality of luster, and quality of strike, having an impact on the grade of a coin -...
No argument, nor do I advocate using technical grading. But that is not the goal, nor should it be. The goal of grading a coin is to establish...
Not necessarily. It could easily be actual wear from circulation. And yes I am talking about your CC Morgans. You see, when the GSA folks opened...
I collected sets like for most of my life, and with proper storage there is no need to remove them from the original packaging. Think for a...
Most likely. Be patient and you'll find the coin you want at the price you want ;)
Yeah the wonders of lime Jello. I'm just razzin ya :D But on a serious note, bought 4 months or 4 years apart, bought next door to each other or...
But with any grading system, even the early ones like Sheldon's, or Brown and Dunn, or the original ANA standards - all of which were 100%...
Huh ? You'll have to tell me where it says anything remotely like that.
Yeah it looks unopened. But that packing tape can be bought at almost any store. For that matter you can get new boxes like that too. The only way...
eddie all I can tell you is this. The ANA invented the market grading system and no where in the entire book will you find any reference to the...
Problem is, the TPGs don't use those grading standards.
Sure, I agree with that. As long as you are certain that your rep sees things the same way you do. I used to have relationships with many dealers...
I don't disagree. But look it like this. If you have a hundred yards of room with blast white being on the 1 yd line, and toned black being on the...
It's a chocolate and vanilla thing. Personally I've never cared much for coins with that "look". But to others, that "look" is better than a...
But we are not talking about ancients. Chris ancients are a whole other world. You can't even begin to compare ancients to more modern coins, you...
And that's what it is - wear.
In regard to relief Proofs are just like their business strike counterparts. In other words, the relief is the same on both. And there have been...
I'll tell ya Box, I think you'll find that over the long haul PCGS is far more inconsistent than NGC is. But I wish ya luck ;)
Based on the wording of your post I don't think you understand what a fin is. A fin, or finning as it's more commonly called, is nothing but...
No, they aren't. There is much more to market grading than that. Having the value of a coin affect its grade is only 1 aspect, 1 tiny part, of the...
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