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REAL Numismatic Axis of Evil

flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
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With deference to LM's poll, here's one that's a bit more rounded out...

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  • mgoodm3mgoodm3 Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭
    So many to choose from, it's hard, as most deserve some recognition. I went for bottom feeding TPG's.
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  • kieferscoinskieferscoins Posts: 10,017 ✭
    Poe is winning so far.

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  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I was gonna follow up with the "real" poll later, but you beat me to it. image


    Bet you'll never guess who I voted for. image

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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I was gonna follow up with the "real" poll later, but you beat me to it. image >>

    Whoops, sorry. Did I miss anybody? I wouldn't want any Evil to feel left out...
  • slideridersliderider Posts: 1,834
    Hey, you forgot coin shop owners.
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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    You COULD add numeric grading. image
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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭


    << <i>You COULD add numeric grading. image >>

    Man, I hate adding stuff. Now I want to re-vote!
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Whoops, sorry. Did I miss anybody? I wouldn't want any Evil to feel left out... >>



    You did better than I would have. image

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  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    Due to its size alone, eBay deserves a prominent place on the list. Although there are some good deals on eBay, I would guess they have a higher scammed per day rate than anyone else on your list.
  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Isn't numeric grading the same thing as the Sheldon scale? As for that, while it's a devilish thing to learn, I think it works as a cloak against evil the better you understand it and can use if for yourself.
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  • BunkerBunker Posts: 3,926 ✭
    Its hard to choose just one
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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Isn't numeric grading the same thing as the Sheldon scale? >>

    I added it on DHeath's recommendation -- just changed the name a bit to confuse the masses.

    BTW, I think I know what *you* voted for image.
  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Oh, ya think so! image
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  • DHeathDHeath Posts: 8,472 ✭✭✭
    Mirabela, it's useful shorthand, but many times where a coin falls on the Sheldon scale has little to do with its desireability or attractiveness. It causes many collectors to focus on grade, rather than whether they like the coin. There must be at least 57 ways a coin can grade MS-64. image
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    and it sets us apart from practitioners and consultants. Gregor
  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭
    I guess I don't need to tell anyone what I chose.
  • slideridersliderider Posts: 1,834
    I agree with the comments about the Sheldon scale. It's really being abused lately. From bottom feeding graders like SGS slabbing coins with ridiculous grades, to coins with zero luster or that have been artificially toned being slabbed by the majors as MS. I think they've all adopted their own model of the Sheldon scale and it comes nowhere close to what many of us think it should be.
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  • mirabelamirabela Posts: 5,012 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Definitely true, DHeath -- I've been coming to think of numeric grade as sort of like a baseline for finding market comps, like square footage on a house. Plenty of other factors to consider, but when real money is at stake I'd hate to be in the hobby 100+ years ago when there was just about no way to compare one transaction to another unless you yourself were a participant in thousands upon thousands of them. So I'm not going to spend my vote on the Sheldon scale. But I think you probably knew that anyhow.
    mirabela
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,530 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    << <i>I guess I don't need to tell anyone what I chose. >>



    Prob'ly not. image

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  • CoinosaurusCoinosaurus Posts: 9,625 ✭✭✭✭✭
    LordM-

    Shouldn't I get three votes when naming the Axis of Evil? I mean, keeping with historical tradition and all.

    Ya know, think about it......maybe the only reason North Korea got added to Bush's "axis of evil" was because he had to have three things in it. Maybe he started with Iran and Iraq and then his advisors told him he couldn't have an "axis of evil" with only two evildoers.
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  • BochimanBochiman Posts: 25,377 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I can't vote for only 1!!!!

    8th, 3rd, 13th, 12th, 4th

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  • MyqqyMyqqy Posts: 9,777 ✭
    I voted for one of the big fish, but I think poe and majorbigdeal get an honorable mention...... image
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  • jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭
    Will I be in trouble if I vote "Accugrade and the Hagers" image
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  • RYKRYK Posts: 35,797 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I voted for ebay, not because it is evil in and of itself, but because it allows evil to operate and thrive. Ebay has brings us the likes of poe, the lower tier TPGs, Eric's nemesis, and the Florida connection (no offense to the honest people there), amongst other nefarious forces and rip-offs.
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  • PTVETTERPTVETTER Posts: 5,937 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What about mail orders business'
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  • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
    You forgot one! Uneducated collectors that want to blame anyone or anything except themselves!!!
  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    (ttt) for the day shift
  • jomjom Posts: 3,441 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>You forgot one! Uneducated collectors that want to blame anyone or anything except themselves!!! >>



    You hit the head on the nail! image

    jom
  • anablepanablep Posts: 5,097 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shop at Home & Robert Chambers gets my vote.
    His voice is annoying and he seems so self important, its laughable...image
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  • flaminioflaminio Posts: 5,664 ✭✭✭
    One last (ttt) for the back-to-work crowd.
  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,781 ✭✭✭✭
    So many choices, but only one vote? I see eight entities that would get my vote!

    And by the way, "The Great State of Florida" is definitely one of them. image
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  • SemperFISemperFI Posts: 802 ✭✭✭
    I feel like a kid in a candy shop. Which one will I want. Hmmm. Maybe I will pick the one that is not only Evil but entertaining too.

    Looks like Shop at Home. That is one of the funnies shows on Coin TV! Of course next to Home Shopping Network's Coin Sales.
  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    No all of the above??
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  • BaleyBaley Posts: 22,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I voted National Collectors Mint. Gawd those "100 mil proof" 1889cc dollars and 1933 double eagles are awful image

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