I wonder how many defenders of market grading actually purchase those lower grade coins that are magically transformed to fill the void. If they...
Speedy, If you have a newer edition of PHOTOGRADE, you might find a hard bound copy of their 1970 edition interesting.
You don't increase the supply of apples by throwing in some oranges and that is what this is all about. Increasing the supply of VF coins by...
What the market is willing to accept is quite different from what the market demands. I've yet to meet a collector who goes into a coin shop...
Speedy, I think you have the carriage before the horse concerning market grading. The market doesn't demand that grading get sloppy just so they...
The CAC "blessing" is restricted to Mamma and Pappa Bear only. At least for the time being.
The problem with grading coins based on the temperature of the market is that once they get into a slab at that grade, there they live happily...
My contention with regard to evidence of handling in this case is in relation to THAT coin. To answer your question, I believe that the phrase...
OH please! Talk about parsing words. That coin doesn't warrant a mint state grade because it clearly shows evidence of handling. The fact that...
OK GD, I will concede that I can't pinpoint when I noticed that certain Buffalo Nickels were being graded VF with a half horn or less. The time...
The sixth edition of the ANA "grading standards" makes reference to changing standards. Now we must realize that the ANA is beholden to the TPG's...
You may be right. P&N changed the accepted standards of the time to what they thought would generate more revenue. But the standards were changed,...
It had to be around 30 years ago that I wrote a letter to one of the Numismatic publications in which I poked fun at the 11 Ms grades by...
No need to circle the wagons. It's "no contest" when someone is trying to defend the indefensible.
David Hall is also on record as saying that nobody could consistantly grade any finer than the 11 MS points. Of course he also runs ads that claim...
If a coin shows evidence of handling, it isn't mint state regardless of whether the handling was from "circulation" or just played with by the...
Brown and Dunn, Photograde, and the ANA grading standards until recently all state that VF Buffalos should have a full horn except for the very...
You can split hairs all day long if you want, but if a coin shows evidence of handling, it isn't in mint state. If in your world a coin that shows...
Gee, If standards at the big wonderful two haven't changed, show me one of their VF 1924S Buffalo Nickels with a full horn. PS. Do your...
I think the Mickley 1804 Dollar is a better example. That coin showed up in a bank tellers till and even Rick Montgomery stated it shows evidence...
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