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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;physics-fan3.14, post: 2499813, member: 19165&quot;]Very good, points, Messy. I agree with your 01-S assessment, but I think the camera was severely unflattering to that one. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some thoughts, questions that I had while viewing it: </p><p><br /></p><p>1. How does &quot;show grading&quot; differ from grading in the permanent office? It seems like the setup is fairly similar, but are there any unique challenges to show grading? </p><p><br /></p><p>2. It seemed like Scott was spending a lot of time on each coin. We&#039;ve always heard that they spend &quot;a few seconds&quot; grading each coin. Was he taking longer because these coins were interesting, or because he was being video&#039;d, or do graders actually take longer than &quot;a few seconds&quot;?</p><p><br /></p><p>3. Every coin that was shown being graded had some sort of magnification used. I noticed Scott had a loupe (what power does he use? 10x?) and he had a larger magnifier (I&#039;m assuming 3x?) We&#039;ve always heard that graders primarily use &quot;naked eye,&quot; and don&#039;t use magnification often. Is there something that triggers using magnification, in your experience? What sort of situations will you pull out a magnifier, and when would you pull out a loupe?</p><p><br /></p><p>4. In the stacks of holders, I noticed some with 3 prongs. What coins get 3 pronged holders? </p><p><br /></p><p>5. Salzberg does not seem to be a fan of prooflikes. Oh well, its a free country and he can be wrong if he wants to <img src="http://boards.collectors-society.com/images/graemlins/default/wink.gif" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>6. Sweet vindication! Mark Salzberg, on video, saying a fingerprint precludes a 66 grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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