I think the point he is making is in regard to coins previously looked at by CAC - and then change owners. So the new owner of the coin, not...
Yes that is true if you are talking about a book with a printing with thousands or even hundreds of thousands of copies. And or with books thay...
Proof = Proof, Proof is a method of manufacture, not a grade FDC = usually MS65 or above Uncirculated = usually MS6o to MS64 Good EF = EF45,...
Silver - Rick, that'll be enough out of both of you. Just drop it right there and let it die.
Uhhh yeah. And the fact that I have been posting here for 11 years has nothing to do with it. But have I said it more than once, you bet. But I...
Perhaps you should have quoted the first part of the paragraph you got that quote from Paul. " When the subject of color (or toning) arises,...
Hmmm, OK, can you tell me what exactly my post count has to do with anything ? Whatever your reasoning for the above comment, it doesn't change...
The most respected names there are in numismatics will all tell you the same thing I said, if you wish to learn about buying coins, then sell some...
I understood that Chris. But part of the point I am making is that the "desirability of toning" is not part of the grade. Nor should it be....
Yeah, they are. And a great, great many of them are over-graded, now.
The only reason I ever bought a coin for my collection was because I liked the coin, not because I thought I could make money on it later. On the...
When you buy a coin, does the buying of it teach you if you paid too much or not ? No, it doesn't because it cannot. The only thing that can teach...
But what is eye appeal ? It's pretty simple really, eye appeal is the sum of the parts, the coin as a whole. It is all of the other grading...
Maybe, maybe not. The skilled person would have to examine the coin in hand before he could hazard a guess. And even then that's all it would be,...
Yeah I know, I have many gigabytes of files that I have saved over the years. But very few people do that, and those that do soon find out what a...
Some of the best advice I could give would be for every collector to sell a few coins now and then. Why ? Because of what it teaches you about...
But it didn't used to be a misconception. In years past coins in those older slabs would indeed up-grade more often than not if re-submitted. This...
I took your comment as being intended as a compliment Mike, I thank you for that. You're far from being the only person to think I was or am a...
Ahhh, but if they did that, and you had to pay for it just like you have to pay for a book, would you pay for it ? edit - Also, what happens when...
Not really, but they do in one aspect. Namely that if a coin has any wear on it then that coin will not be graded as MS/uncirculated. At the same...
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