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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 678822, member: 15309&quot;]I don&#039;t really understand your comment about my Lafayette Dollar.&nbsp; I assume it was a joke, but I didn&#039;t get it.</p><p><br /></p><p>With regards to John Albanese, I think you guys are way off base.&nbsp; I think coin grading is analogous to watching the world series of poker on television.&nbsp; Anybody who watches the show and sees the hole cards becomes a genius poker player, and a fantastic critic of the actual players who can&#039;t see the cards.&nbsp; Likewise, we are all phenomenal graders when we can see the assigned grade on the slab.&nbsp; The ability to nail the grade of a coin without seeing that number is what makes professional graders professionals.&nbsp; Very similar to professional poker players with the skill to determine what cards the other players hold.&nbsp; There are many professional coin graders and many professional poker players.&nbsp; John Albanese would be the Doyle Brunson of coin grading.&nbsp; There is nobody better and nobody with more experience.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, if you guys want an exercise in humility, try this.&nbsp; Go to your coin club and have someone&nbsp; place 10 NGC/PCGS graded coins on the counter after covering the grade with some tape and black paper.&nbsp; Then see how many of the 10 coins you can grade correctly in 10 minutes.&nbsp; If you do this, my bet is you will gain a new found respect for the skills of professional graders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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