For $40, I think you got a bargain. If the colors are as they appear in the picture, then it's not an MS coin and wouldn't be PL or blazing-white...
Not a photo expert by any stretch but I found this useful. (1) I have a table lamp with those pure-white thinner bulbs (any lamp will do if the...
I don't see the shine or luster, but maybe it's the way you took the photo/pics ? I don't see the blazing white or mirror look. I just bought an...
Good point with some DEEP thoughts. :D But a painting is an individual and unique undertaking...no 2 paintings, even by the same guy/gal, are...
But if they strictly go for revenue/$$$ maximization, they risk ruining their business in the long run as their business model -- grading coins --...
GD, I learned more from your post than in some books and entire threads I've read. Thanks a ton !! :cigar:
Probably the financial analyst in me !! :D
I think that for many coins if the choice is between MS-64 or MS-65 and an AU, the price differential is too great. So collectors move down to...
Good explanation, thanks. No I haven't....but the next time I goto a coin show or my LCS I am going to check out the same coins in AU58 vs....
Anybody got photos of 2 coins where 1 is an example of technical grading and 1 is of market grading ?
Thanks Rob....I'll have to read why the GSA found so many of some years and so few in others. Roy, good point about the TV coin guys. I've seen...
Results are TOTALLY non-comparable. Like comparing baseball stats today vs. 1880's. Or stock returns pre-Civil War. The 1970's saw the end of...
I think this is one of the reasons there are so many 'sliders' between the lower-end MS and high-end AU. I agree there are some coins that in...
Fair point, but I think if the photos are pretty good that most of the time there isn't much of a difference vs. examining it in person under...
They need to nap a bit more.....:D You are right, they are not quite like the super-expensive, nearly-impossible-to-get MSDs but they are clearly...
It's probably in an upcoming Morgan book I'll buy/read, but why did the Carson City Mint experience such big drops in the numbers above (down to...
Easy....the capital structures were not laden with debt. Plus, the CAPX that went into these lower-hanging fruit were much less (see my comment...
So many of these mines were uneconomical except under totally unrealistic assumptions. Some of the purchase prices were doublt, triple, or even...
Up to 1/4 oz. is OK, esp. if you aren't going to be buying again for a while and want to do something now. But the 1/10th oz. premiums can be 25%...
Am I correct that TECHNICAL GRADING is going by the book methodically....would be a tougher standard...but MARKET GRADING is taking into account...
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