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If people were assigned grades like coins, what grade would you be?
Mizzou
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I like to think that I'd come in around MS63/64. I know a couple of people that would be labeled "Tooled"
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
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I think I would be Tooled, graffiti, damaged. Do not holder. I say this because I have literally 8 to 9 feet of scars and the doctor didn't exactly put me back together correctly.
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Maybe the "Humpty Dumpty" Error?
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
Depends on what the grade represents... In coins it is condition/appearance... That would make a newborn a 70 - and it is all downhill from there. If it were rarity, variety and value - well, some of us would be high MS... As we know, self evaluation, like ownership, adds a grade or two... So I will assess myself as an AU58... And yes, I would get a green bean...
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Very Fine, but not quite Extremely Fine…..
The idea of grading people makes me uncomfortable. As far as myself, I'll leave it up to others to grade me.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
Details 97- Environmental damage
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details
A slightly Impaired Proof, probably PR55
Nothing is as expensive as free money.
I'd be in 3rd grade. The hardest four years of my life.
Ooops. Wrong grade.
Extra fine, my man.
Honestly poor.
I like that answer! @ricko
Self assessment is so funny sometimes ...
I'd call myself an AU, and I think I would straight grade. This is a grade that says nothing about my appearance ... some collectors might like my appearance, and some may pass ... but one that assures the viewer I have some wear from circulation, yet after closer inspection, not too much wear ... and that overall, I have been fairly well taken care of. Since the bean is for originality, I would definitely get that.
“We are only their care-takers,” he posed, “if we take good care of them, then centuries from now they may still be here … ”
Todd - BHNC #242
I started out well struck, I’m pretty worn. Submit me as a lowball.
Details, bent
VG details. Graffiti
Too much missing on top of crown for fine. Tattoos in main focal areas.
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Environmental Damage, Grafitti - too much sun in the early years, plus a couple of tats...
mbogoman
https://pcgs.com/setregistry/collectors-showcase/classic-issues-colonials-through-1964/zambezi-collection-trade-dollars/7345Asesabi Lutho
I don’t look at it that way. It’s sorta like what are my teams stats (my college football coach app) vs other teams. Did the team make the season objectives?
I think a man would look at what percentile (what pct he is higher than so if above avg it’s a win). Where he is in education degree, income, children fathered, grandchildren, number of women he has had vs the average guy, other trophy parameters. So If he is above average in those not too bad a lifetime. Example - Jim is an MBA (beats 87 pct of pop so a win), had 52 women (beats the US avg of 6) a win he routed them there, fathered 3 children (higher than avg, a win), married a pretty blonde trophy wife, a huge win), not rich but above average in income (win). Get the picture. In terms of survival on planet Earth a win. One can add other parameters, etc or just narrow it down to what selected as the top 4.
From the time we are born we are under attack in terms of survival. It can be factors like war, bad luck, enemies, a toxic relationship, disease, etc. From evolution and survival on planet earth view the only parameter did the animal (human or otherwise) survive long enough to produce progeny. My take is that intelligent life is very rare in the galaxy if even exists at all. We need to be careful. I believe life is out there but what type unknown at this time.
Whatever it is take your turn at bat, ignore the detractors (and their propaganda), develop strategy overcome any problems, and don’t be too harsh on yourself. Develop success parameters important to you and a doable deal.
VF Details, questionable color, damaged
Mr_Spud
EF-40. I'm getting old, but my brain still works most of the time.
My parents said I was found in the parking lot.
Disclaimer: I'm not a dealer, trader, grader, investor or professional numismatist. I'm just a hobbyist. (To protect me but mostly you! 🤣 )
Details-damaged 😁
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This is how I see it also, you guys aren't giving yourselves enough credit.
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
Cull or 98 damaged
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I think that the vast of majority of people here deserve a straight grade.
In this case ownership seems to have been worth at least 45 points. 🤔
Personally I’m a PO-1.
A: The year they spend more on their library than their coin collection.
A numismatist is judged more on the content of their library than the content of their cabinet.
Clipped - like the coins I collect, I am not all there.
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"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
We could also apply the EAC/CQR large cent descriptors:
Scudzy, Average, and Choice.
Extremely Fine, Details, Scratched, Kitten Damage.
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MS70 of course…
More like fair 2.
VF details, Scratched, Environmental Damage
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Streak removed. VG details.
Genuine, not gradable
Definitely not MS anymore.. maybe AU details damaged/cleaned. Though if this year keeps going the way its been so far I might be XF by 2024.
I’d be one of those PF-68 blast white Silver Eagles.
Coin Photographer.
VF- Very Fat
and after the holidays
XF- Extra Fat
People, as is commonly known, are graded on a scale from zero to perfect 10.
I'm still getting used to the 10 point scale, so I'll refrain from answering.
Details - Wheel marks, from when the truck hit me while cycling
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Details 94- Nose Grease
Extremely poor (EP - new grade) due to the amount of money spent on coins.
To conservation for repairs. Holed/repaired.
My mind thinks of me as being able to do any damn thing I want, and sees me as flawless, MS70.
My body thinks my mind if off it's rocker as understands that reality says I'm an Fair2
bob
Ha. Depends on who you ask. I might grade at a "about good", or perhaps "very fine". Depends if they want something from me!
If anyone hasn't said I will say Almost Good!
On a serious note I think it would be pretty egotistical to grade oneself. Nothing wrong with taking ones self inventory. The rest is basically left to our own behavior. Human behavior. It changes as situations evolve. A coin is in a constant state of preservation-less coin doctors. We are not. We physically degrade and mentally similar. Although wisdom comes with age. We will always be human.
I'll say an 8. Whether that's on a 10-point scale or a 70-point scale probably depends on who you ask.
G4 on a good day!
Dave
A waffle coin or a coin for the smelter
I been told that coin collectors look like their coins.
USN & USAF retired 1971-1993
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That means you are a rare error, i.e. a mistake.
Started out as Poor, teen/mid-20s was in an altered state, but settled down, circulated well and developed a nice patina and think I would be a market accepted VF.
My wife of many decades sometimes calls me "Mary," with a wink. It's short for "Mary Poppins," because, as a husband, I'm practically perfect in every way. Or so I say, from time to time, and she snickers at the joke. So my wife would give me a grade of somewhere in the high 60s (yeah, about the same as my age). Others might disagree, but they don't get a vote.
As far as my wife goes she would grade me JB. She says I am not fat I just have a belly.