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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 3977150, member: 73489&quot;]OK let me ask you....how can even David Bowers look at a 1927-D and in less than 10 seconds:</p><ul> <li>Check the fields for bag marks</li> <li>Check the devices high points for rub/wear/abrasion</li> <li>Check the coin for major and/or minor bag marks, cuts, gouges, etc.</li> <li>Check out the strike details on Liberty (mouth, flowing gown, arm, rays) and the Eagle (feathers, beak, etc.).</li> <li>See the strike and columns on the Capitol building.</li> <li>Check out the Rock that Liberty is standing on.</li> <li>Look for an Omega signature to make sure it&#039;s not a fake that got past previous TPGers.</li> <li>Check out the rim</li> </ul><p>Professional graders don&#039;t move at the speed of The Flash or Superman <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> .&nbsp; I am sure they can do those items (and more ?) faster than I or another CT poster....but how much faster ? </p><p><br /></p><p>50% faster ?&nbsp; 75% faster ?&nbsp; Yeah...but I don&#039;t think 90 or 95% faster, turning a 1-2 minute look into a few seconds.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess we&#039;ll just have to agree to disagree.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fair point.....</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Did you buy expensive coins like thos Ancients looking at them for LESS than 10 seconds ??&nbsp;&nbsp; </i>Even if I ever become an expert, I doubt I would.&nbsp; Maybe a modern coin graded PF70 that doesn&#039;t cost much $$$ where if I find out later that the &quot;P&quot; in &quot;E Pluribus Unum&quot; or something like that has a minor defect under magnificaiton I can live with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would hate to buy a Saint-Gaudens....and miss lack of columns in the Capitol because I rushed and forgot to check.</p><p><br /></p><p>I thought they loosened standards right about the time of the 1989-90 coin bubble....by about 1991 or 1992.&nbsp; <i>You saying they only loosened in the 2000&#039;s ?</i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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