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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Tom B, post: 1888433, member: 11854&quot;]<i>&quot;Tom you seem to be well respected and an <b>old</b> coin sage yourself.&quot;</i></p><p><br /></p><p>I showed this post to my wife, we are both in our forties, and she said to me &quot;At least he didn&#039;t write <b>ancient</b>&quot;.&nbsp; Well...I guess that&#039;s one way of looking at it.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; Heck, last year I posted a thread about the Saint Gaudens National Historic Site and included pictures of my wife and little girls; I look the same age as my wife.</p><p><br /></p><p>Kidding aside, I believe you and I do not possess the same aesthetic when we look at coins.&nbsp; I have seen this multiple times when coins are posted and you would not be the first person who values the appearance or surfaces of coins differently than I do.&nbsp; That does not mean that one of us is <i>wrong; </i> it just is what it is.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t always like to offer public opinions on coins that I know are for sale by other folks and there are multiple reasons for that.&nbsp; The first is that there are myriad ways to image coins and comparing multiple coins from multiple sellers with various lighting techniques is not always fair to the coins or the sellers.&nbsp; Also, as a full-time dealer, I know how fragile a potential sale might be and I would not want to slam someone else&#039;s sale for not good reason other than to discuss a thought issue.&nbsp; Lastly, with this many coins linked, I might write something quite long and no one wants to read that.&nbsp; All that aside, I will admit that I don&#039;t particularly care for any of the coins linked for my own reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have no qualms with the grade ranges chosen, but if you would like more detail then it may be best to send a private message.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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