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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2340666, member: 24314&quot;]Seems to me that you have some OPINIONS also.&nbsp; Anyone who claims to be a &quot;professional numismatist&quot; <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">[I&#039;m speaking in general terms - not pointing fingers - so stay cool UNLESS YOU feel you are one of those unqualified to grade coins] </span>who needs to&nbsp; look on a web page, Ebay auction, or grading guide in order to grade a coin is frankly WASTING TIME here.&nbsp; Just saying... </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nevertheless, in all honesty I do consult &quot;guides&quot; several times a week in order to be sure I am &quot;Market Grading.&quot;&nbsp; I have NEVER looked on Ebay to grade a coin.&nbsp; That really would be silly!&nbsp; Yet, I do understand that you checked Ebay ONLY to back up an opinion.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As to Snow&#039;s research, It&#039;s good.&nbsp; I requested a link from someone at CW I knew in order to read it and add it to my grading files.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>PS&nbsp; As I wrote before Fines don&#039;t go up 2 grades...that&#039;s silly.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Perhaps Bower&#039;s knows that a large number of collectors/dealers are BONEHEADS.&nbsp; When I talk/write for these guys, I tend to use EXTREME examples to help get my point across!&nbsp; <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">THE POINT BEING: Grading is less strict now than it was in the past.&nbsp; </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">I truly hope no bonehead trys to refute this as they will just get a large # of faces (whatever they are called) as my answer.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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