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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 7581542, member: 101855&quot;]Okay, never mind. I’ll ignore you when you ask for grades. I have never understood the system where you grade with a microscope. Microscopes are great for authentication and looking at minute die varieties. A strong glass is necessary to see if a coin has been altered or if the surfaces have been manipulated. But when it comes to assigning grades, it like accessing a forest when you are lost in the trees. You can get no appreciation for the whole coin. Furthermore, it can lead to overemphasizing a defect because the microscope makes it look so big.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I am to decide if a coin is worn, poorly struck and struck from worn dies, I need to look at the whole thing. You don’t, and works for you. Fine, but I don’t grade that way. If that were the way you are supposed to grade numismatic items, then why hasn’t someone written a guide or a book on that method?</p><p><br /></p><p>Other collectors come to this site posting pictures of only part of the coin. Their excuse is they don’t want others to find the piece and scoop it out from under them. Almost invariably, others respond that they need to see the whole piece to access the piece.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why are you exempt from that request? I guess it’s because you are a professional, and the rest of us are amateurs. I can’t tell you how many times you have frustrated me when you came here asking for our opinions or quizzing us with a microscopic view of a tiny part of a coin. Okay, I will ignore those requests from now on. My frustrations are solved![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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