That is so cool ! And Assur, I want to thank you, you've given me an idea, something I never thought about until now. I doubt that it would ever...
I love the history aspect of coins ! Here's a couple I used to own that I have described many times. [ATTACH] [ATTACH] This one is one of the...
Your quote is a good example of what I wast talking about. Charles V was not "of Germany". He was Spanish, both his parents were Spanish, but he...
That's only because you've never played against me ;)
Hmmm - lemme ask you this. If you had two people to help you decide whether to buy a coin or not - one being me, and the other being somebody who...
And I don't blame ya :D Woulda done the same thing had the opportunity presented itself ;)
I saw quite a few, I agreed with their grade most of the time, but not always. But did you ever think that their being conservative is exactly...
I agreed with just about everything you said, until you said this. This company - http://www.davidhall.com/ - existed for 10 years before PCGS...
John - There is no definitive answer, no right or wrong, to the question of how the dollar sign originated. All anybody has is a theory, an...
Shouldn't do that. Form your own opinion regardless of what anybody else says. That's how you learn.
And I didn't say it was post mint damage. You're assuming again, putting words into my mouth. Planchet quality is a grading criteria. Dents, left...
My grade - 64. Their grade - who knows ?
I'm inclined to agree. But then not everybody knows where to look, or even how to look, to do that homework. Some of them just need pointed in the...
Paul I readily agree that there is subjectivity between any 2 people (assuming they both know how to grade) who grade the same coin. But the vast...
Brandon - First of all I readily agree that there is no single standard of grading followed by everybody, least of all the TPGs. Each TPG has...
We are in agreement ;)
No, they are not. Easy, it is because every year new dies are made. And the dies made this year, can be slightly different (have different die...
On the obv - red circles are around areas with light wear. The blue is around a weakly struck area. Anbody that looks should be able to see the...
Mike, I don't expect perfection out of the TPGs, never have. What I do expect is a certain level of consistency, and a maintaining of their...
There was no I used in the Potosi mint mark, just the PTS. Sources that say otherwise are wrong. I already told you what theory I think to be...
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