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<p>[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 3210575, member: 89393"]This would take the fun out of it, IMHO.</p><p><br /></p><p>My approach is to make an initial visual assessment, add those that pass to my watch list then go back to the semi-finalists for two or three closer looks. Even with photos of coins side-by-side, I would find it nearly impossible to assess wear and hits without contacting each coin seller with questions that I would hope he would answer satisfactorily and honestly. There's far too much variance in photo quality from sample to sample to trust visual cues from the sellers' graphics.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, buying one's coins from dealers who will allow returns would be an improvement to the assessment process, but that would mean I'd have to go to the hassle of returning bunches of coins that I thought might pass muster. And I simply wouldn't want to have a form I created with spaces for all of these numeric assignments I made on a clipboard where upon I would give Coin A a 5 and Coin B a 7 etc then tally the scores to arrive at some synthesized grading based on science and emotion. I like, instead, the "I like this coin better than that one" approach. YMMV of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: I have no need to send any of my coins — even the most costly ones — to a TPG.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="LA_Geezer, post: 3210575, member: 89393"]This would take the fun out of it, IMHO. My approach is to make an initial visual assessment, add those that pass to my watch list then go back to the semi-finalists for two or three closer looks. Even with photos of coins side-by-side, I would find it nearly impossible to assess wear and hits without contacting each coin seller with questions that I would hope he would answer satisfactorily and honestly. There's far too much variance in photo quality from sample to sample to trust visual cues from the sellers' graphics. Of course, buying one's coins from dealers who will allow returns would be an improvement to the assessment process, but that would mean I'd have to go to the hassle of returning bunches of coins that I thought might pass muster. And I simply wouldn't want to have a form I created with spaces for all of these numeric assignments I made on a clipboard where upon I would give Coin A a 5 and Coin B a 7 etc then tally the scores to arrive at some synthesized grading based on science and emotion. I like, instead, the "I like this coin better than that one" approach. YMMV of course. Edit: I have no need to send any of my coins — even the most costly ones — to a TPG.[/QUOTE]
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