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<p>[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 4737166, member: 22377"]As far as the scores, my initial plan was to focus on Morgans. So that definitely causes problems when we evaluate other series (and has led to confusion since I didn't specifically mention how to address such issues).</p><p><br /></p><p>The best way in my opinion is to compare all coins to the Morgan scale. As [USER=29751]@brg5658[/USER] says, it is harder to do a relative comparison to the series since we don't know the details for every series. We can talk about relative scores as part of the discussion and it will obviously still be a part of our individual scores (especially when someone knows a certain series better). With a few of my world coins, I did mention relative scores but my personal score was still based on my interpretation of the Morgan scale (which again can easily be quite different than someone else's interpretation). </p><p><br /></p><p>And ownership (as well as other biases) will play a big role in the scores. Given that our sample size is pretty small, this can lead to significant variances. That is normal and we can discuss that too. That happened with my world coin and now it has happened with the nickel. The following debate (plus comments from people with different opinions) made me think about each coin. I might still not agree with some of the conclusions, but I do find it interesting to read.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ddddd, post: 4737166, member: 22377"]As far as the scores, my initial plan was to focus on Morgans. So that definitely causes problems when we evaluate other series (and has led to confusion since I didn't specifically mention how to address such issues). The best way in my opinion is to compare all coins to the Morgan scale. As [USER=29751]@brg5658[/USER] says, it is harder to do a relative comparison to the series since we don't know the details for every series. We can talk about relative scores as part of the discussion and it will obviously still be a part of our individual scores (especially when someone knows a certain series better). With a few of my world coins, I did mention relative scores but my personal score was still based on my interpretation of the Morgan scale (which again can easily be quite different than someone else's interpretation). And ownership (as well as other biases) will play a big role in the scores. Given that our sample size is pretty small, this can lead to significant variances. That is normal and we can discuss that too. That happened with my world coin and now it has happened with the nickel. The following debate (plus comments from people with different opinions) made me think about each coin. I might still not agree with some of the conclusions, but I do find it interesting to read.[/QUOTE]
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