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<p>[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 738922, member: 3726"]I agree and disagree. Sometimes you have to look at who is making the post. The better or more knowledgeable posters like Doug and Mark Feld will explain why they think what they think - and you can ask them questions. Some other posters say fake and never respond with an explanation or they say "I just know". In some of those cases I just ignore them. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yes "AT" is tossed about, but that is really hard to determine and even the experts can be wrong. Soemthing you just have to keep in mind. Then in all of this - keep in mind the only thing we have to go on are the pictures provided. That alone can cause people to see something that might not really be there. Copper is a good example - you don't get the color right, it could look recolored or worse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The one thing you did not mention is cleaned - that gets used a lot. And yes a lot of the coins are cleaned - and yes you will get different opinions on what is harsh and not harsh. Again it is only opinions - if you ask, be prepared to accept what people see. Granted they may not be right, but can only form opinions on what they see. And the final judge is the person who has the coin in hand. And yes, sometimes you have to ask for an explanation.</p><p><br /></p><p>And yes sometimes the in-experienced think they know more than the real experts, but they will learn as time goes on. Personally I think I have improved, but know I still have a long way to go.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mark_h, post: 738922, member: 3726"]I agree and disagree. Sometimes you have to look at who is making the post. The better or more knowledgeable posters like Doug and Mark Feld will explain why they think what they think - and you can ask them questions. Some other posters say fake and never respond with an explanation or they say "I just know". In some of those cases I just ignore them. Yes "AT" is tossed about, but that is really hard to determine and even the experts can be wrong. Soemthing you just have to keep in mind. Then in all of this - keep in mind the only thing we have to go on are the pictures provided. That alone can cause people to see something that might not really be there. Copper is a good example - you don't get the color right, it could look recolored or worse. The one thing you did not mention is cleaned - that gets used a lot. And yes a lot of the coins are cleaned - and yes you will get different opinions on what is harsh and not harsh. Again it is only opinions - if you ask, be prepared to accept what people see. Granted they may not be right, but can only form opinions on what they see. And the final judge is the person who has the coin in hand. And yes, sometimes you have to ask for an explanation. And yes sometimes the in-experienced think they know more than the real experts, but they will learn as time goes on. Personally I think I have improved, but know I still have a long way to go.[/QUOTE]
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