He made his valid point, you addressed it, and he felt compelled to lob an attack at both Arizona Jack and myself. My point is that his last post...
If you actually believe that then Doug is right. Market grading has transformed into value grading and the average collector does not recognize...
Perhaps your anger should be directed at the person responsible for corrupting this thread and all of the "crapola" in it. That person would be...
It is a very common method of artificially toning coins. It is important that everyone remember that the practice of AT'ing coins in order to...
I think we had this conversation before. Peace Dollars (Is strike an element of grade?)
Here is my guess. That coin was used as a money clip at one time. [IMG] [IMG] The reverse of my money clips are completely gilded while only...
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I think there are just a few too many light scattered marks to get the top grade. I give the coin MS66 5FS, but I will admit it really is hard to...
I scored 27 on your little poll. Tried as hard as I could to get to Scrooge status, just missed. I'm surprised your not still calling me...
Tom, That makes no sense. If we make the same amount of money per year but $10K of my income is budgeted towards coins instead of children or...
But my financial obligations are less than most others because I don't have children. Are you saying that children don't add $10K+ per year to...
Tom, Over on the PRWE forum, you told me that you were married with children. I will assume that you spend $10K+ per year to provide for your...
The TPG grade is still important and useful even to dealers and the most advanced collector. Your other points are well taken and 100% true....
I agree completely. We certainly don't want to retreat to the use of technical grading. The fundamentals of market grading work very well....
Once a coin is removed from it's toning source (eg album, govt packaging, canvas bag) the toning is all but stopped. With proper storage you can...
Technical grading accounts for only the surface preservation of the coin including level of wear for circulated examples. Market grading which is...
Carl, I understand that you have a right to your opinions no matter how outdated they are, but the topic of rainbow toning is one of the more...
Amen to that brother. I have a thread that I am working on that discusses that very issue. Stay tuned!
You guys are better than me. I really can't accurately grade this coin from those photos but if I had to guess, MS62 sounds about right. I like...
I used to be worried about the younger generation until a few years ago when I got to listen to the words and watch the actions of Tim Tebow. I...
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