I agree that the TPG's made a conscious choice to change the way the grade coins with respect to cabinet/roll friction.
Sounds like you are coming around to my to my way of thinking regarding gradeflation rather than a conscious change in grading standards by the TPG's.
But Matt, Morgan & Peace Dollars can be found blast white without being dipped so I don't think they would face the same level of scrutiny as a...
This was a gorgeous Pilgrim with the ship sailing on a rainbow sea. Sorry about the old 2002 Heritage scans, all I have to remember it. [IMG][IMG]
I can't prove this, but my feeling is that obviously dipped coins are not getting grades above MS63.
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Here is a link to Mark Goodman's website with a very informative article on how to photograph coins. My Approach to Coin Photography by Mark...
[IMG] I fixed the link for you, just click on the registry banner above. Unfortunately, you don't have photos attached to your registry set so...
Thread of the week.
You shouldn't be surprised. This, along with many of my posts, were made before the inception of the "like" button. Back then, CT used the TOTW....
I don't own them, just posted Heritage photos to illustrate the point.
Based on those photos, I am going to say MS63 worth around $200. There is no way to determine FH from those photos and if the coin is blast white...
Those are very pretty. Good to see another collector around here who loves toners and has great photos.
This whole thread is funny!
No doubt, I just hope there was no medical attention given.
I think that the combination of pinkish magenta and orange on the reverse is quite an unusual color scheme. The obverse pattern and colors are...
The NGC population for a 1945-S NGC MS67 is 1679/3 with 41/1 being MS67*. It is one of the easier war nickel dates to find in MS67*. Now I...
I was going to bid $400 with the intention of try to make $100 profit by selling it on E-Bay. When I went to the listing last night, I almost...
I have been accused over the years of paying ridiculous moon money for toned coins, specifically rainbow toned Jefferson War Nickels. Apparently,...
Sure they do. In fact, I can't think of overlapping series when they don't do it. [img][img] [img][img] [img][img] [img][img]...
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