@jwitten said:
I've got to say, I've been very pleased with almost everything I've sent in for grading to yall. Most have come back right along where I thought they should be, except this 1908 I was planning to send it to PCGS to get another opinion, but someone already bought it.
LOL, maybe it was "undergraded."
@lkenefic replied: "Unfortunately, that someone wasn't me..."
That's too bad, Perhaps @jwitten is a better grader.
Someone else's grading skills might factor into a purchasing decision, I suppose... especially if it's a series that one doesn't know how to grade properly. What I was commenting on related more to my own grading skills and the piece that was offered on the BST.
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
@lkenefic said:
Better than me? Better than you? DOES IT MATTER??
Someone else's grading skills might factor into a purchasing decision, I suppose... especially if it's a series that one doesn't know how to grade properly. What I was commenting on related more to my own grading skills and the piece that was offered on the BST.
@lkenefic said:
Better than me? Better than you? DOES IT MATTER??
Someone else's grading skills might factor into a purchasing decision, I suppose... especially if it's a series that one doesn't know how to grade properly. What I was commenting on related more to my own grading skills and the piece that was offered on the BST.
YES
You should have read past the first sentence. From there, one can infer that when a collector... such as myself... goes to make a purchase, one is effectively making a decision. That decision, ultimately, is based on whether of not I agree with the assigned grade (raw or slabbed) and the price at which it's being offered given the market. That's my money... and my decision . I'm sure there are people out there that hand off wads of money to someone else to make that decision for them. It's not me.
Collecting: Dansco 7070; Middle Date Large Cents (VF-AU); Box of 20;
@lkenefic said:
Better than me? Better than you? DOES IT MATTER??
Someone else's grading skills might factor into a purchasing decision, I suppose... especially if it's a series that one doesn't know how to grade properly. What I was commenting on related more to my own grading skills and the piece that was offered on the BST.
YES
You should have read past the first sentence. From there, one can infer that when a collector... such as myself... goes to make a purchase, one is effectively making a decision. That decision, ultimately, is based on whether of not I agree with the assigned grade (raw or slabbed) and the price at which it's being offered given the market. That's my money... and my decision . I'm sure there are people out there that hand off wads of money to someone else to make that decision for them. It's not me.
I'm very sorry. I should have been more clear. I hate to see folks "blow" money because of a "personal decision."
You see, some folks are better commercial graders than others. Therefore, the grading skills (personal opinion) of an individual (in my comment I was addressing just YOU) do matter. That's why my answer to you probably should have been: yes, YES, and ALWAYS!
ICG graded it accurately IMO, frankly all the MS guesses had me baffled. AU details i can buy into, but it loses a few points for the surfaces to most folks..
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LOL, maybe it was "undergraded."
@lkenefic replied: "Unfortunately, that someone wasn't me..."
That's too bad,
Perhaps @jwitten is a better grader.
Better than me? Better than you? Does it matter??
Someone else's grading skills might factor into a purchasing decision, I suppose... especially if it's a series that one doesn't know how to grade properly. What I was commenting on related more to my own grading skills and the piece that was offered on the BST.
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
I would just let them re-examine it and see if they would revise the grade, no way is that sub-50.
YES
You should have read past the first sentence. From there, one can infer that when a collector... such as myself... goes to make a purchase, one is effectively making a decision. That decision, ultimately, is based on whether of not I agree with the assigned grade (raw or slabbed) and the price at which it's being offered given the market. That's my money... and my decision . I'm sure there are people out there that hand off wads of money to someone else to make that decision for them. It's not me.
Successful BST transactions with: SilverEagles92; Ahrensdad; Smitty; GregHansen; Lablade; Mercury10c; copperflopper; whatsup; KISHU1; scrapman1077, crispy, canadanz, smallchange, robkool, Mission16, ranshdow, ibzman350, Fallguy, Collectorcoins, SurfinxHI, jwitten, Walkerguy21D, dsessom.
I'm very sorry. I should have been more clear. I hate to see folks "blow" money because of a "personal decision."
You see, some folks are better commercial graders than others. Therefore, the grading skills (personal opinion) of an individual (in my comment I was addressing just YOU) do matter. That's why my answer to you probably should have been: yes, YES, and ALWAYS!
ICG graded it accurately IMO, frankly all the MS guesses had me baffled. AU details i can buy into, but it loses a few points for the surfaces to most folks..
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