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<p>[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 678357, member: 57463"]<b>Coming Soon: Fifth Party Re-Regrading</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I had to google CAC, so I do not know what "a viable share of the market" would be. (I also had to google CRO: Coin Rarities Online. Never heard of it before) </p><p><br /></p><p>In truth, I do not know what "the" market is. I am sure that there must be -a- market for this.</p><p><br /></p><p>A few posts above this is a reference to a rare die variety Lafayatte Dollar in Mint State 65. Off hand, I estimate that as a $9000 coin, but only another Non-Circulating Legal Tender commemorative, like a Liberian Elvis coin or Marshall Islands celebrating World War II. So, perhaps that is "the" market for some people. </p><p><br /></p><p>John Albanese is probably a nice guy and a knowledgeable dealer. Go to any ANA convention and you can find 300 more just like that. Certainly, many professional dealers of good status could do this. As far as I can tell, anyone here could offer the same service. In fact, we all do.</p><p><br /></p><p>Someone offers you a coin in a 2x2 or a flip or a Third Party slab and you judge for yourself what grade to give the coin and what price to offer. You could go to an office supply store, buy a sheet of stickers and write your own opinion on every coin you own. Take the game to your coin club and you can all sit around second-guessing the second guesses, slapping labels over stickers. (I like the little green caterpillars so popular with kindergarten teachers.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe we should do this for the next MSNS Convention, have a CoinTalk Opinion Room where people bring us their coins and we put our stickers on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="kaparthy, post: 678357, member: 57463"][b]Coming Soon: Fifth Party Re-Regrading[/b] I had to google CAC, so I do not know what "a viable share of the market" would be. (I also had to google CRO: Coin Rarities Online. Never heard of it before) In truth, I do not know what "the" market is. I am sure that there must be -a- market for this. A few posts above this is a reference to a rare die variety Lafayatte Dollar in Mint State 65. Off hand, I estimate that as a $9000 coin, but only another Non-Circulating Legal Tender commemorative, like a Liberian Elvis coin or Marshall Islands celebrating World War II. So, perhaps that is "the" market for some people. John Albanese is probably a nice guy and a knowledgeable dealer. Go to any ANA convention and you can find 300 more just like that. Certainly, many professional dealers of good status could do this. As far as I can tell, anyone here could offer the same service. In fact, we all do. Someone offers you a coin in a 2x2 or a flip or a Third Party slab and you judge for yourself what grade to give the coin and what price to offer. You could go to an office supply store, buy a sheet of stickers and write your own opinion on every coin you own. Take the game to your coin club and you can all sit around second-guessing the second guesses, slapping labels over stickers. (I like the little green caterpillars so popular with kindergarten teachers.) Maybe we should do this for the next MSNS Convention, have a CoinTalk Opinion Room where people bring us their coins and we put our stickers on them.[/QUOTE]
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