Because if you don't there is no grading standard, nothing to differentiate MS coins from circulated coins. You rather obviously have different...
Wrong lesson. The correct lesson would be to resubmit coins which were slabbed/graded before the TPGs all loosened their grading standards....
I see the answer as being quite simple, because there needs to be something, some definitive dividing line, that does not involve making a guess,...
Because wear is the primary determining factor that establishes/determines all of the circulated grades. For example, what makes one coin VF and...
I think the scale works great, individually or put together. And yes, I readily agree with you that an AU58 often "looks" better, sometimes even...
It's quite simple, wear is identified by breaks in the luster.
The problem with what the TPGs do when they grade coins with wear on them as being MS is that all they can do is guess, or assume, what caused the...
Yeah, sometimes it does, particularly when the wear is significant. But there are a whole lot of time that it doesn't. A lot of the time a coin...
Nope, not like that at least. I did collect various coins, gold mostly, some silver,, and even some copper, from the various countries of Europe...
Pick up an ANA grading book guide, open it to where it list the grade descriptions and grading criteria for the MS grades for any coin you choose,...
Now there may well be those who do not wish to call that "circulation" wear, but wear is wear, regardless of its cause or how it happened.
That is correct. As long as a coin is capable of movement inside a flip, and all coins inside flips are capable of movement, or any other type of...
Based on your comments, and because they are followed by the smiley, I'm not sure if you're being serious or facetious with your post. Or, if I'm...
Clear on what exactly though ? What I'm clear on is this - there is no coin mentioned in the articles that had a "cool million" shaved off its...
But the title of your thread - The Million-Dollar Dip , and when you say this - - what coin are you referring to ?
Fair enough, you're right, I stand corrected on that point.
Regarding the coin mentioned with the $2 million figure, the coin never sold for $2 million. That was merely the asking price. " That Stack’s...
You need to read the article again. The coin you pictured above with the splotchy toning - that is/was not the example that sold for $2 million,...
And they may well grade and slab it. Or, they may not. But not because they don't grade them, but because counterfeits are way beyond common when...
And another one down Another one down Another one bites the dust ! :smuggrin: Beware the power of the dark side Randy !
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