Contact marks ? When did I ever say anything about contact marks ? Or do you think that contact marks and wear are the same thing ? I certainly...
You seem to ignore the obvious. PCGS admits the coins can have wear on them and still be graded as MS. They went so far as to say so,...
Really ? When PCGS states flat out, in writing, that Saints with light wear can be graded as high as MS67 - I'm the one who is wrong and seeing...
Well ya see Paul THAT is the entire problem right there. If the TPGs say it, you choose to believe it. Whereas me, I choose to believe evidence I...
That is simply not true. Yes, a lot of them do, but no where near almost all of them. And anybody who wants to see that with their own eyes, meet...
Pretty much all of the obv high points, eagle head and breast. Can't say I see any on the wing tips.
Uhhhhhh, I rather think English is a second language for the guy.
Yeah, no doubt the ones really good at it would. But there's lots out there that aren't really good at it.
Dunno what they said but I say AU.
Kinda depends on the rest of the coin. Also date and mint mark. As for if it is FS or not, I'd say yes. The hit that is on one of the steps is nor...
For somebody like you, somebody that knows the toned coin market, I'd agree with you Paul. But the fact is there are a lot of people out there who...
They are not used by anybody, never have been. Given that, what about them ? I guess I'm asking - what's your point in even mentioning them ?
Just so you know Kentucky, it's the same kind of thing with the other special designations as well.
jello NGC has said many times that they use their own standards. No TPG, not 1 of them, uses ANA standards.
Why ? When you add in the exemplifiers the adjectival system is no different than the numerical system - it's just letters vs numbers. For...
The PCGS criteria for FB states that the central bands must be clear, distinct, and unbroken by contact marks. That's why it didn't make it....
Yes, but that is when the initial polishing is done. Die polish lines are not the result of the initial polishing, they result from secondary...
No they don't discuss it. Each grader assigns his own grade and passes the coin on to the next grader. Then a finalizer looks at the coin. If he...
Can't decide if that's light wear on the chin and the rev legends or not. If it is, 58, if not 63.
Sure wouldn't surprise me. But me, I'd want to look at it in hand to see if that is toning on the end of the nose and the eagles wing tips - or...
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