Wanna explain?
There is a huge difference between circulated and uncirculated coins. The elements of grading are surface preservation, strike, luster, and eye...
That’s awesome, is it graded?
Dude, you don’t get to change numismatic nomenclature. The term damage is reserved for problem coins. Wear is the natural result of circulation...
You need to get more light on the coin and fix your white balance. From those photos I’m at MS62. Why are you having this coin graded? What...
I don’t get in that many fights!
I loved Rueben, he was fun!
No, that is your reason, and it is completely arbitrary. I don’t want two coins with nearly identical surfaces grade the same if one has premium...
They don’t use technical grading, they employ market grading where luster and eye appeal are factored into the grade. Why do you use a system...
While I wish that was true, the fact is that each individual grader is going to have their own bias which will seep into the grading process even...
@Insider For the love of God man, learn how to use HTML tags. When you are quoting someone use the following format: (quote=member name)quoted...
I explained this TO YOU less than a week ago in another thread, post #108 in the thread linked below. Grading? Why bother? I had this...
Yes, I have my own standards that sometimes deviate from those of the TPGs, and if the coin doesn’t meet my standards for the assigned grade, I...
Here is my 1958-P: She’s a beauty huh? This date/mm sucks!
So OBVIOUS that you are the only one who can see them. What the heck are you talking about? Baseball21 and I are trying to educate the readers...
Agreed, in the first set of photos the coin looks fully lustrous. Yet another example of the difficulty in grading from photos.
For the record, these are the people I was telling to pipe down!!!!
$54
I think there is too much chatter in the fields to get a premium gem grade, but the cheek is clean and it looks very lustrous, I say MS65.
I was kidding, I don’t think they actually sticker the coin, but they might give you an insight into the grade if you send it to them.
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