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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2583582, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: #0059b3"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Nowhere in this thread have I called ANYONE a beginner. I used the term to describe </span><span style="color: #b300b3">beginning students</span><span style="color: #0059b3"> in a grading seminar. However, I realize that people who feel unsure of their skill level or inadequate tend to transfer the statements of others on to themselves and feel the need to defend their personal abilities as if the statement applied to them.&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">Unfortunately, I do not have the time or desire to recreate my &quot;lost&quot; posting so here is the short of it:</span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">This is the beginning of the &quot;crack&quot; I mentioned: </span></p><p><br /></p><p>QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 2583295, member: 5233&quot;]You might be right. It might grade a little higher.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">The posted coin is an excellent teaching coin.&nbsp; It was struck with very worn dies missing much of their original major detail.&nbsp; For example, there were no wheat lines left on the die so none were on the coin as struck!&nbsp; I have several examples like this and even more D &amp; S Buffalo nickels that have no detail yet still have much of their original mint luster remaining.&nbsp; This is where the &quot;art&quot; of grading coins butts with the &quot;science&quot; of grading coins and placing a commercial value on them. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">Technically, the OP&#039;s coin is closer to VF than it is to G.&nbsp; If a student graded it less than Fine, worn dies he would get an incorrect answer on the final exam and <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie80" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> his instructor.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">In the real world, outside the classroom, practically anyone who saw the coin would call it Good.&nbsp; It looks like a Good in a grading guide and it has the value of a Good.&nbsp; If the coin were sent to a TPGS and it was graded VF-10 or F-12 + weak strike or worn dies on the label, every &quot;ex-pert&quot; coin collector and most dealers who saw the slab would say the dummies <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> at the TPGS really over graded the coin! Nevertheless, no matter what grade was on the slab, the coin would still only be worth the price of a Good!&nbsp;&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #0059b3">This will have to do for now, my TV program has started.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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