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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4626551, member: 24314&quot;]JCro57, posted: &quot;I respect you very much in this industry. You are a very tough grader and I find few in this industry get the grades right consistently as you do. You instantly gave ICG a credibility boost, and every serious collector knows that.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>[<span style="color: #660066">Blush, and thank you</span>.]</i></p><p><br /></p><p>However, I don&#039;t know why you seem to go into attack mode against people when it comes to judging errors, and more than once you have been less than polite to me in particular, [<span style="color: #660066">AFAIK, this is the first conversation we&#039;ve had on the internet</span>]despite me being a client of yours many times over regardless of what grading company you worked for. Disagreeing is one thing; belittling people is something else and it is not a good marketing or business strategy. The reason I posted that unplated cent certified by ICG was to make a point, which should be obvious [<i><span style="color: #660066">If the coin is an alteration].</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll write more later...</p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t know who you are.&nbsp; I am an equal opportunity basher if I feel it is needed so I&#039;m treating you the same way I communicate with someone in your field like Fred.</p><p><br /></p><p>You have added some very useful info in this thread so far but we disagree 100% on the <b><span style="color: #b30000">only</span></b> important coin here - the OP&#039;s!&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30000">I can tell you probably know more about Mint errors than I do.</span>&nbsp; That&#039;s because as a young professional, I had the ability to take error coins right to the Mint technicians for answers.&nbsp; I lost a great opportunity because mint errors were in the backwater of numismatics and frankly, as with 95% of numismatists, I didn&#039;t give a crap about them.&nbsp; All I needed to know was if it was possible for them to be made WITHOUT the help of man.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>AFAIAC, I have treated you with respect.&nbsp; If you feel like I&#039;m trying to prove your opinion on the OP&#039;s coin is incorrect while WE BOTH educate others you are correct.&nbsp; If you cannot take the heat and refuse to state the obvious answers to my questions then let others respond.&nbsp; It appears others are scared off this discussion.&nbsp; SO I&#039;LL START.</p><p><br /></p><p>Question 1. What do I see on the OP&#039;s coin?</p><p>Answer 1.&nbsp; There are two different colors.</p><p><br /></p><p>Question 2. What else do others see?</p><p>Answer 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Question 3.&nbsp; What else do others see? </p><p>Answer 3.</p><p><br /></p><p>What else do we see.</p><p><br /></p><p>After we answer the questions that my blind grandmother can see on the coin, we&#039;ll get to the reason for MY UNEDUCATED OPINION:&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30000">Improper alloy mix.</span>&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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