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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 26296992, member: 101855&quot;]I was &quot;a much smaller fish&quot; when the dealer teletype operation was going. I was looking for coins like a 1795 half dime and couldn&#039;t find any. The Internet did not exist then, and it was harder to find coins than it is now. </p><p><br /></p><p>I asked a dealer if he could find a 1795 half dime for me on the teletype. He told me he could, but that I might not be pleased with the grading. That seemed to be the issue then before third party grading existed. ANACS papers became the first that got wide acceptance. </p><p><br /></p><p>Given the grading, I&#039;m not sure how accurate the Grey Sheet numbers were then. I can tell you that the numbers for early copper on the Grey Sheet were always too low under the previous owners. As a dealer I could not buy any of those coins at the Grey Sheet numbers which made me wonder what good were they and what was the source. </p><p><br /></p><p>I know I didn&#039;t answer the question, but I&#039;m not so sure the Grey Sheet was better then. </p><p><br /></p><p>I did find the half dime eventually. This is my second one. It came from England from one of those &quot;little old ladies&quot; with a change purse full of coins. I bought it from the the late Billy Paul back around 2000. Billy frequently went to England on buying trips to purchase British coins. </p><p><br /></p><p>Billy told me he sent this in a couple times to get it into a Mint State holder. It always came back as an AU-58. It probably spent too much time in the old lady&#039;s change purse. I think Ms. Liberty needed to powder her nose to make Unc. </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1679104[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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