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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5166963, member: 24314"]<i>THANKS [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER]! </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>I happen to agree with you and everyone who guessed </i><span style="color: #b30000"><b><i>XF-damaged</i></b><span style="color: #000000"><i>. I also disagree with ANYONE (Baseball ?) who claims that only an expert in early gold can grade this coin.</i> </span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">Lehigh96, posted: "<span style="color: #b30000"><span style="color: #660066">I know nothing about 18th century gold, so my grade would basically be that of a novice. That said, personally I grade it XF Details (damaged). I would assume that ICG also details graded the coin.</span></span> <b>I've asked you multiple times, who is the superstar at ICG and ANACS?</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Sorry, I remember this question and just brushed it off. We don't have a superstar! We are staffed by a bunch of nobodies. Three of them have been professional numismatists way before you were born</i>. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #006600">baseball21, posted: "I have less than 0 interest in rehasing something from three years ago especially not with some of the parties involved at the time.<b> I have no interest in trying to debate know it alls."</b></span><b> </b></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Question: What grade did ICG assign to this coin?</i></p><p><i>ANSWER: ICG did not grade this coin PCGS did.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>The reason I asked all of you to grade it is because a member posted this coin as an example of an OVERGRADED coin in a major TPGS slab. IMHO, the coin is <span style="color: #b30000">INCORECTLY graded</span> as an <b><span style="color: #b30000">AU-50</span></b> by a major TPGS <span style="color: #b30000">with no mention of any of the EXTENSIVE DAMAGE all over its surface.</span> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[USER=76863]@baseball21[/USER] called out the poster who originally questioned the grade - basically claiming the professionals at the grading service (<span style="color: #006600">apparently he also considers them to be know-it-alls</span>) know more about grading this coin than the poster. I think this exercise proves that you do not need to be an expert to correctly grade this coin. I'm sorry that we did not get to read Baseball's personal opinion of its grade. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 5166963, member: 24314"][I]THANKS [USER=15309]@Lehigh96[/USER]! I happen to agree with you and everyone who guessed [/I][COLOR=#b30000][B][I]XF-damaged[/I][/B][COLOR=#000000][I]. I also disagree with ANYONE (Baseball ?) who claims that only an expert in early gold can grade this coin.[/I] [/COLOR][/COLOR] [COLOR=#660066]Lehigh96, posted: "[COLOR=#b30000][COLOR=#660066]I know nothing about 18th century gold, so my grade would basically be that of a novice. That said, personally I grade it XF Details (damaged). I would assume that ICG also details graded the coin.[/COLOR][/COLOR] [B]I've asked you multiple times, who is the superstar at ICG and ANACS?[/B][/COLOR] [I]Sorry, I remember this question and just brushed it off. We don't have a superstar! We are staffed by a bunch of nobodies. Three of them have been professional numismatists way before you were born[/I]. ;) [COLOR=#006600]baseball21, posted: "I have less than 0 interest in rehasing something from three years ago especially not with some of the parties involved at the time.[B] I have no interest in trying to debate know it alls."[/B][/COLOR][B] [/B] [I]Question: What grade did ICG assign to this coin? ANSWER: ICG did not grade this coin PCGS did. The reason I asked all of you to grade it is because a member posted this coin as an example of an OVERGRADED coin in a major TPGS slab. IMHO, the coin is [COLOR=#b30000]INCORECTLY graded[/COLOR] as an [B][COLOR=#b30000]AU-50[/COLOR][/B] by a major TPGS [COLOR=#b30000]with no mention of any of the EXTENSIVE DAMAGE all over its surface.[/COLOR] [USER=76863]@baseball21[/USER] called out the poster who originally questioned the grade - basically claiming the professionals at the grading service ([COLOR=#006600]apparently he also considers them to be know-it-alls[/COLOR]) know more about grading this coin than the poster. I think this exercise proves that you do not need to be an expert to correctly grade this coin. I'm sorry that we did not get to read Baseball's personal opinion of its grade. :([/I][/QUOTE]
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