I'm hoping we haven't seen the last of the artist that gave us Provident's cooler rounds.
Yup. PCGS uses the name of one of the people in the shipping department on their label in the return address. I'd imagine their boxes are easily...
In a system where the current subjectivity is learned and made repeatable, you would still have to deal with two things that would perpetuate the...
One of the reasons to use a computer is to eliminate subjectivity from the process, or at least make it predictable. Why would you want to...
If I were doing this, I would consider the experiment a success if I could use only circulated coins, same number for each grade I wanted to...
Shifting grading practices over time may be a reality, and being aware of it is necessary when buying coins, but it's a non-issue when it comes to...
I added a few to my collection recently: 1908/7-B. Very clear overdate. [IMG] 1900/000-B [IMG] 1900-C. Calcutta mint mark is incuse, next to...
These really aren't big challenges. You pick out images that you think have reasonable grades associated with them. That becomes the grading...
Not really. They require the ability to acquire and process a large amount of data that will lead to an appropriate classification of the luster...
Start with the "Attribution 101" page on VAMWorld. Join the discussion board if you want (I'm the admin). It will keep you busy, but many find...
I'm responding to two entirely different parts of the OP. OP starts off asking for circulated coin photos. The first comment is referring to...
Massive die clash not on genuine specimens of any Morgan dollar. Put me in the "no real" camp.
Heritage, Stacks/Bowers, Great Collections. You should be able to find lots of 09-S VDB And 14-D in lower grades. Stay away from 22, because...
I didn't see the article in the December issue. Did it get spiked or deferred to later?
Judging from how the appearance of the luster changes across the crack, I would say that there is some displacement or tilt of the die fragment...
64. The obverse looks nice, with good luster. A few ticks on the shield, but easily noticeable. Well struck shield, a few weak stars on the...
67FB, but not a strong 67. Obverse is really clean except for the spot, which may be removable. No smattering of ticks that would drop the...
66. Great luster, surfaces and strike. No spots. Scattered little ticks on the shoulder and light scrapes in the field, of which I'd want fewer...
I'm going to guess that "plus whatever he gets from the public" is not being handled at a 4% margin and includes a lot of bullion.
VAM 6, it is. Nice find, but too bad about the cleaning.
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