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<p>[QUOTE="cplradar, post: 7847779, member: 108985"]When I see someone correct grammer gratously, I just put them in ignore. I have no patience for that. I percieve it as petty. It also detracts from the forums quality. I never say anything about it, I just do it. In this case, since it was brought up, I felt it was approprate to just state that not everyone is tolerant of grammer Nazi's and grammer Nazi's have no moral standing, at least in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p>The topic HERE is obtaining free grading. The short answer is, no, it doesn't come for free, but there are big caveats. Dealers gratitously grade all the time, and advertise for inexperienced folk to bring their estate collections and get an assesment for free. Obviously, if you bring coins to a dealer with an eye to sell, that implies forming and agreement on a grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>In addition, dealers love to grade coins and then argue about it. It is huge part of the hobby. Arguing over grades is what we do <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> And the more one grades, the more they learn to grade. You test your mettle against the market.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, auction houses like Stacks have offers to do the grading service for you, if you want to put the coin(s) on the auction block. See their website for more details.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cplradar, post: 7847779, member: 108985"]When I see someone correct grammer gratously, I just put them in ignore. I have no patience for that. I percieve it as petty. It also detracts from the forums quality. I never say anything about it, I just do it. In this case, since it was brought up, I felt it was approprate to just state that not everyone is tolerant of grammer Nazi's and grammer Nazi's have no moral standing, at least in my opinion. The topic HERE is obtaining free grading. The short answer is, no, it doesn't come for free, but there are big caveats. Dealers gratitously grade all the time, and advertise for inexperienced folk to bring their estate collections and get an assesment for free. Obviously, if you bring coins to a dealer with an eye to sell, that implies forming and agreement on a grade. In addition, dealers love to grade coins and then argue about it. It is huge part of the hobby. Arguing over grades is what we do :) And the more one grades, the more they learn to grade. You test your mettle against the market. Finally, auction houses like Stacks have offers to do the grading service for you, if you want to put the coin(s) on the auction block. See their website for more details.[/QUOTE]
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