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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 7582132, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">cpm9ball, asked: &quot;Why should it make any difference what others may have said!&quot;</span></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Perhaps because others may be more knowledgeable?&nbsp; Our job as folks who suck up information about everything through all of our senses is to take it in and process it.&nbsp; If a person is not exposed to &quot;good&quot; info (for whatever the reason) their opinion will not be reliable.&nbsp; So given all sorts of choices in this thread</i>, <i>including your comment:</i> &quot; <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">Yes, I heard a lot of them say that the Dahlonega Mint was notorious for weak strikes,...&quot; <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i>might influence members to search for more info so they will be better informed - THE ENTIRE REASON FOR MY POST!&nbsp; </i></span></span></p><p>&quot;...<span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)">but for years, we heard from Morgan collectors that the New Orleans Mint was known for weak strikes when in fact the real reason was due to improper annealing. Wasn&#039;t it? So, why should I accept their word as gospel?&quot; </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 51)"><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Ah, perhaps they know there are several reasons for an original coin to lack design details.&nbsp; </span></i> </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)">johnmilton, posted: &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</span>.&quot; [<i>That&#039;s <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">NUTS! </span> You have coughed up the smoke generated for decades with an almost exact quote from one of them!] </i></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 89, 179)">&quot;</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)">You can get no appreciation for the whole coin.</span></span> [<i>I guess this statement comes from all your experience using with one of these &quot;tools&quot;.]</i> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)">Furthermore, it <b><font size="5">can</font></b> lead to overemphasizing a defect because the microscope makes it look so big.</span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102)"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102)"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102)"><i>Very true if one is inexperienced.</i>&nbsp; </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)">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,... [<i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">That is correct.&nbsp; And others should not either (check out the replies above)</span></i>] </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)">Why are you exempt from that request? [<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i>ASKED AND ANSWERED</i></span>] I guess it’s because you are a professional, <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> and the rest of us are amateurs. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie12" alt="o_O" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> 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! </span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i>Thanks for your input.&nbsp; I had hoped to see a coin and learn your grading process.</i></span></p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Now, for others guessing: the micrograph is a coin with a very weak strike in the center.&nbsp; Weak strikes are common from this Mint.&nbsp; There is enough visible in the image to <b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">correctly guess from AU to MS</span></b> because all you have to go on is the detail left in the wings!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I don&#039;t need to post an image of the edge, or the entire obverse or reverse to get this nuance of coin grading across.&nbsp; </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><i>No one needs to see the whole coin to ID the characteristics I post such as this:</i></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">[ATTACH=full]1306621[/ATTACH] </span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></i></p><p><i><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Hopefully you will overcome your frustrations for the future.&nbsp; Trust me when I say that your frustration with my methods/posts is miniscule compared to what I go through on an HOURLY basis here and in the grading room.&nbsp; I post here because it is fun AND I am banned from NGC and PCGS forums. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></i></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 179)"></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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