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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3977664, member: 26302"]Yeah, Proof was misleading, but it was implied this meant an average proof struck coin, not impaired.</p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, any comments about grading have nothing to do with WHO can grade, how old they are, when they learned, etc. Tons of young people are fantastic graders of ancient coins today. One expert on ancients I consult is under the age of 30. This is probably because ancient collectors grade themselves, and have to learn how to early on in collecting the coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point about US coins is too many collectors don't have to learn, thinking they can just blindly trust what the plastic says. Not as many people on a coin board are like that, but tens of thousands semi casual collectors. However, when they get scammed by overgraded coins, the entire hobby loses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 3977664, member: 26302"]Yeah, Proof was misleading, but it was implied this meant an average proof struck coin, not impaired. Btw, any comments about grading have nothing to do with WHO can grade, how old they are, when they learned, etc. Tons of young people are fantastic graders of ancient coins today. One expert on ancients I consult is under the age of 30. This is probably because ancient collectors grade themselves, and have to learn how to early on in collecting the coins. My point about US coins is too many collectors don't have to learn, thinking they can just blindly trust what the plastic says. Not as many people on a coin board are like that, but tens of thousands semi casual collectors. However, when they get scammed by overgraded coins, the entire hobby loses.[/QUOTE]
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