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<p>[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 499680, member: 12965"]<font face="Arial"><font size="2">Otay peeps, it's time to come clean. Ryan and I were experimenting with the Power of Suggestion to see if peeps are swayed by other peeps opinions on here and I believe the answer to that is . . . Oh yeah! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">When he bought this I told him about my idea and he figured why not but when he posted it, he forgot to check with me to see if his wording would work, because one of the things I was going to use was the fact it was in an old green slab and since it's common knowledge that some peeps buy the older slabbed coins, to resubmit for a higher grade today, I figured I could use that to fool "some" of you into giving his coin a lower grade, hence, the reason for my first post (although I already knew it was in a old green slab). Whether or not I actually fooled you or not, can be debated but the fact that it is an old green label PCGS MS-65 is a fact and all but one person gave it a MS-63 grade, which was ole Zaney. :thumb: He even stipulated it might even be a MS-65 but he would argue that, but his solid MS-64 grade was the only one near the actual grade. Good job Zaney! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Others have talked about this before and I thought instead of talking about it, we'd turn it into an experiment to see if it was the case and Doug really sealed everyone's fate by piping in so early with his MS-63 grade. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I told Ryan that it was over and the likelihood of anyone going over MS-63 was slim to none, once Doug piped in, and he wanted to fess up last night but I made him wait and I'm glad we did, since it gave Zaney a chance to be different than everyone else. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Anyways, even though the proof is in the pudding, this can always be argued but I thought the outcome was interesting. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Arial"><font size="2">Ribbit <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="HandsomeToad, post: 499680, member: 12965"][FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Otay peeps, it's time to come clean. Ryan and I were experimenting with the Power of Suggestion to see if peeps are swayed by other peeps opinions on here and I believe the answer to that is . . . Oh yeah! :D [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]When he bought this I told him about my idea and he figured why not but when he posted it, he forgot to check with me to see if his wording would work, because one of the things I was going to use was the fact it was in an old green slab and since it's common knowledge that some peeps buy the older slabbed coins, to resubmit for a higher grade today, I figured I could use that to fool "some" of you into giving his coin a lower grade, hence, the reason for my first post (although I already knew it was in a old green slab). Whether or not I actually fooled you or not, can be debated but the fact that it is an old green label PCGS MS-65 is a fact and all but one person gave it a MS-63 grade, which was ole Zaney. :thumb: He even stipulated it might even be a MS-65 but he would argue that, but his solid MS-64 grade was the only one near the actual grade. Good job Zaney! :D[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Others have talked about this before and I thought instead of talking about it, we'd turn it into an experiment to see if it was the case and Doug really sealed everyone's fate by piping in so early with his MS-63 grade. :eek: I told Ryan that it was over and the likelihood of anyone going over MS-63 was slim to none, once Doug piped in, and he wanted to fess up last night but I made him wait and I'm glad we did, since it gave Zaney a chance to be different than everyone else. :D[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Anyways, even though the proof is in the pudding, this can always be argued but I thought the outcome was interesting. ;)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Arial][SIZE=2]Ribbit :)[/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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