Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;davidh, post: 2605602, member: 15062&quot;]You didn&#039;t say it...<u>I</u> said it.&nbsp; I was questioning why an experienced dealer who deals in coins shouldn&#039;t be considered a knowledgeable grader while posters on this forum&nbsp; who own collections are accepted as knowledgeable graders.&nbsp; It was a simple English language sentence and shouldn&#039;t be interpreted to say anything other than what it said.</p><p><br /></p><p>You did say you wouldn&#039;t trust a dealer (<i>I know so-called &quot;respected dealers&quot;, including second generation businesses, but wouldn&#039;t trust them to hit more than the general range when grading even the most common of types.</i>) to be able to accurately grade a coin.&nbsp; Who would you trust to be an accurate grader?&nbsp; A TPG?&nbsp; A Dealer?&nbsp; Yourself?&nbsp; Me?&nbsp; Some will repeatedly submit a coin to the same, or multiple, TPG&#039;s until it gets a grade they&#039;re comfortable with.&nbsp; Why?&nbsp; Apparently TPG&#039;s aren&#039;t to be trusted either, unless you hit that one grader on the right day at the right time when his eyesight is at its best or he&#039;s just too tired (late Friday afternoon) to care any more and will grade 70 just to clear his workload,c.f., the 2011 American Eagle on a different thread graded 70 with a blemish.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in