I’ve been outta town, grade is coming soon!
That’s a really nice 51-S, bravo!
Proof coins are tough because the color often doesn’t show unless the coin is bombarded with light. That said, the slab photo makes me think the...
NT/MA, that blue color is a little strange but everything else leads me to natural
The luster isn’t satin at all, and the reverse luster and eye appeal is as good as I’ve ever seen on a Franklin Half. Saying you know how to...
They follow standards, just not the same ones you do.
How can you judge the luster of the coin based on a photograph? I’ve seen the second coin in hand, and the luster is incredible, better than most...
Hey look, we agree! Now all we have to do is get you to realize that grading philosophies are not right or wrong, but a matter of opinion.
So what you are saying is that toning & eye appeal should not be a factor in the grading process because it is too ambiguous. Obviously, I...
I never said that “those things don’t count” or that we “pretend they aren’t there.” All I said was that surface preservation isn’t the only...
Actually, you didn’t play along, you had to cheat the grades to get your desired result even after you changed the weighting of the grading...
So even when you weight the elements of grading to be highly skewed towards surface preservation and barely account for eye appeal, the coin still...
It looks market acceptable to me. Besides, it’s an album coin that’s never getting graded. At this level and cost, just buy what you like.
What is so hard about assigning a number grade to each element of grading, and then accepting the resultant grade. Just because the TPGs happen...
I once owned a Morgan Dollar that had an almost identical color scheme. The obverse luster was muted and the coin did not deserve a star. Unless...
Again, you are ascribing to a grading philosophy that views flaws as grade limiting. My grading philosophy mirrors the TPG method which grades...
That's my point, it happened so early, and the changes were so drastic that it couldn't be considered watering down. It was an adjustment made by...
And those admissions are specifically related to the grading during the early years of the TPGs. They categorized it as growing pains basically....
Not sure why this thread isn't getting any traction, but I'm gonna leave it up a few more days before I reveal.
What are you talking about? "extra credit"? That is the whole point of market grading. If the luster and eye appeal are MS67-68 level, as they...
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