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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8356058, member: 24314"]Publius2, posted: "Just a little criticism of your method here as being unfair to everyone not in the know."</p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Professor, your <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie26" alt=":bookworm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> entire post is </span><b><span style="color: #b30000">excellent</span><span style="color: #660033">!</span></b><span style="color: #660033"> We are all (me too)"not in the know."</span></i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Publius2 continued: "Since some of us haven't a clue what caused these markings and you haven't told us and your description of "mint-made" is so ambiguous as to be meaningless, I am forced to guess, not deduce." </p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Poll answers don't mater. The outcome of opinions after the discussion ends is important - no matter which each of us takes. As you and others have suggested, that <b>DAMAGE </b>on the coin, from whatever the cause, deserves a "Details" grade because it is damage although it occurred at the Mint (Mint made).</span></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Publius2 continued: "Let me give you an example of what I mean: Adjustment marks on early American silver coinage are "mint-made" and <b>if you didn't know</b> what they were pretty much anyone would assume that they were damage that would reduce the grade or even details-grade the coin. But once you know what adjustment marks are, you understand that they are legitimate artifacts of the coin-making process and while deserving of a reduction in grade, are not deserving of a details grade." </p><p><br /></p><p><i><span style="color: #660033">Yes, that's what is important about discussions on CT. We all learn things that make us more knowledgeable. Makes posting puzzles worth the time. Best of all for me, I've eliminated <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":stop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie66" alt=":muted:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> the </span><b><span style="color: #b35900">"</span></b><span style="color: #660033"><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie91" alt=":stinkyfeet:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie34" alt=":clown:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span><b><span style="color: #663300">Eight</span><span style="color: #b35900">."</span></b><span style="color: #660033"> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 8356058, member: 24314"]Publius2, posted: "Just a little criticism of your method here as being unfair to everyone not in the know." [I][COLOR=#660033]Professor, your :bookworm: entire post is [/COLOR][B][COLOR=#b30000]excellent[/COLOR][COLOR=#660033]![/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#660033] We are all (me too)"not in the know."[/COLOR][/I] :D Publius2 continued: "Since some of us haven't a clue what caused these markings and you haven't told us and your description of "mint-made" is so ambiguous as to be meaningless, I am forced to guess, not deduce." [I][COLOR=#660033]Poll answers don't mater. The outcome of opinions after the discussion ends is important - no matter which each of us takes. As you and others have suggested, that [B]DAMAGE [/B]on the coin, from whatever the cause, deserves a "Details" grade because it is damage although it occurred at the Mint (Mint made).[/COLOR][/I] Publius2 continued: "Let me give you an example of what I mean: Adjustment marks on early American silver coinage are "mint-made" and [B]if you didn't know[/B] what they were pretty much anyone would assume that they were damage that would reduce the grade or even details-grade the coin. But once you know what adjustment marks are, you understand that they are legitimate artifacts of the coin-making process and while deserving of a reduction in grade, are not deserving of a details grade." [I][COLOR=#660033]Yes, that's what is important about discussions on CT. We all learn things that make us more knowledgeable. Makes posting puzzles worth the time. Best of all for me, I've eliminated :stop: :muted: the [/COLOR][B][COLOR=#b35900]"[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#660033]:stinkyfeet::clown: [/COLOR][B][COLOR=#663300]Eight[/COLOR][COLOR=#b35900]."[/COLOR][/B][COLOR=#660033] :D [/COLOR][/I][/QUOTE]
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