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<p>[QUOTE="Farstaff, post: 922388, member: 2344"]Yes I purchased this coin from him. Actually it is the sixth coin I have purchased from him and so far I have been very pleased with each coin. Three of them are at NGC being graded and this one will be going to PCGS later this week. The other two will perhaps later will be sent out for grading. </p><p><br /></p><p>I posted this coin to received opinions from the members of this forum and perhaps to confirm my opinion of the grade based upon my limited grading skill with this series. It helps me learn a new series and test my grading skills.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many individuals including myself when selling raw coins on ebay do not list their opinion on the grade, simply because the general public when purchasing coins have no idea of the Sheldon scale and grading can be subjective to the opinion of the individual doing the grading at that moment. Even when I sell PCGS and NGC graded coins on ebay I place this notice in my listing <b>"The grade listed is the subjective view of the third party grading service"</b></p><p>Recently I posted a 1932-S WQ in a PCGS MS 64 holder, <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t111285/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t111285/">http://www.cointalk.com/t111285/</a> there were not many within this forum that agreed with the grading. That experience would indicate to me that even grading by PCGS is subjective to the individual doing the grading, professional or not.</p><p><br /></p><p>Guess what I trying to say is I do not really care nor does it bother me that someone on selling on ebay states "high grade" or use the Sheldon scale or use a different method to described their coin because really in the long run I will grade the coin based on my limited knowledge and not their opinion of the grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thank you</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW: welcome to the forum![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Farstaff, post: 922388, member: 2344"]Yes I purchased this coin from him. Actually it is the sixth coin I have purchased from him and so far I have been very pleased with each coin. Three of them are at NGC being graded and this one will be going to PCGS later this week. The other two will perhaps later will be sent out for grading. I posted this coin to received opinions from the members of this forum and perhaps to confirm my opinion of the grade based upon my limited grading skill with this series. It helps me learn a new series and test my grading skills. Many individuals including myself when selling raw coins on ebay do not list their opinion on the grade, simply because the general public when purchasing coins have no idea of the Sheldon scale and grading can be subjective to the opinion of the individual doing the grading at that moment. Even when I sell PCGS and NGC graded coins on ebay I place this notice in my listing [B]"The grade listed is the subjective view of the third party grading service"[/B] Recently I posted a 1932-S WQ in a PCGS MS 64 holder, [url]http://www.cointalk.com/t111285/[/url] there were not many within this forum that agreed with the grading. That experience would indicate to me that even grading by PCGS is subjective to the individual doing the grading, professional or not. Guess what I trying to say is I do not really care nor does it bother me that someone on selling on ebay states "high grade" or use the Sheldon scale or use a different method to described their coin because really in the long run I will grade the coin based on my limited knowledge and not their opinion of the grade. Thank you BTW: welcome to the forum![/QUOTE]
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