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<p>[QUOTE="Bmmartin, post: 4395935, member: 98956"]P.S. Thanks [USER=73995]@Pickin and Grinin[/USER] - my son understands, the reasoning you gave was the one I gave him. For those of us with children, it's easy to understand because how many of us have said, "I've told you a million times" or "don't talk back to me" to their kid?</p><p><br /></p><p>If I offended you by pointing out the attribution standards, I apologize. However, I pointed it out because your post about the eBay listing was somewhat misleading. I looked it up and here: "We had our doubts until the youngest of us spotted one online / It was not raw in an SMS set, but graded in a PCGS slab".</p><p><br /></p><p>This wasn't a raw coin sent for graded, it was already graded. And as I mentioned, the big 4 have their standards and won't attribute a coin until it's officially in the CPG. Sorry, I just wanted to clarify to others that might read the post and think "pareidolia" immediately.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also wanted to reply to your post because some disgusting seller defrauded someone by selling a dime as this "variety" for close to $100. I think the listing you mentioned gives others something to compare coins with rather than going blindly. I feel bad for the defrauded buyer, but then he/she should have looked at some reference.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the artificially toned coin, I believe the reference was to EDM. If you're as disgusted by AT coins as I am, I applaud you, but I'll leave you with a hypothetical. If you saw something you wouldn't mind having, let's use a kilo of silver for example, but it was badly corroded, would you leave it? I know I would grab that kilo and sell it for melt.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Bmmartin, post: 4395935, member: 98956"]P.S. Thanks [USER=73995]@Pickin and Grinin[/USER] - my son understands, the reasoning you gave was the one I gave him. For those of us with children, it's easy to understand because how many of us have said, "I've told you a million times" or "don't talk back to me" to their kid? If I offended you by pointing out the attribution standards, I apologize. However, I pointed it out because your post about the eBay listing was somewhat misleading. I looked it up and here: "We had our doubts until the youngest of us spotted one online / It was not raw in an SMS set, but graded in a PCGS slab". This wasn't a raw coin sent for graded, it was already graded. And as I mentioned, the big 4 have their standards and won't attribute a coin until it's officially in the CPG. Sorry, I just wanted to clarify to others that might read the post and think "pareidolia" immediately. I also wanted to reply to your post because some disgusting seller defrauded someone by selling a dime as this "variety" for close to $100. I think the listing you mentioned gives others something to compare coins with rather than going blindly. I feel bad for the defrauded buyer, but then he/she should have looked at some reference. As for the artificially toned coin, I believe the reference was to EDM. If you're as disgusted by AT coins as I am, I applaud you, but I'll leave you with a hypothetical. If you saw something you wouldn't mind having, let's use a kilo of silver for example, but it was badly corroded, would you leave it? I know I would grab that kilo and sell it for melt.[/QUOTE]
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