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For those who might be interested - Coin World TV interview with John Albanese

MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited June 24, 2026 8:42AM in U.S. Coin Forum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aq-CU4DCYU

Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

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    Old_CollectorOld_Collector Posts: 997 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @lermish said:
    And for those who are not interested:

    https://www.youtube.com/live/mSX3OyW9Rao

    Well played, I had to look. :D

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    ELVIS1ELVIS1 Posts: 483 ✭✭✭✭

    @lermish said:
    And for those who are not interested:

    https://www.youtube.com/live/mSX3OyW9Rao

    That's nice on a 65 inch screen..

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    BruceSBruceS Posts: 1,445 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I just Imagine all the top-pop and extraordinary coins that has past through his hands. Love him or hate him, He has changed/influenced the entire industry for decades.

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    mr1931Smr1931S Posts: 7,000 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @MFeld said:
    Not surprisingly, I thought it was an excellent interview.
    And, as has been his habit over the nearly 50 years I’ve known him, J.A. was refreshingly candid, down to earth, highly dedicated to the hobby and a wonderful source of information about coins, coin grading and the rare coin market.

    Thanks for being the grownup in the room, mr. Feld. When I click on the video, I get this message:

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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @mr1931S said:

    @MFeld said:
    Not surprisingly, I thought it was an excellent interview.
    And, as has been his habit over the nearly 50 years I’ve known him, J.A. was refreshingly candid, down to earth, highly dedicated to the hobby and a wonderful source of information about coins, coin grading and the rare coin market.

    Thanks for being the grownup in the room, mr. Feld. When I click on the video, I get this message:

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    Unable to sign in is the problem. Is there a way to sign in that I'm unaware of?

    I’m sorry to hear you’re having trouble viewing the video. I’ve accessed it multiple times without any issues of the type you described. And that includes an additional time a minute ago, before posting this.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

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    CoinobsessedCoinobsessed Posts: 155 ✭✭✭✭

    No trouble watching. Thanks for posting.

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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited June 25, 2026 4:43PM

    Video worked just fine for me. Enjoyed watching it although I thought the intro part was excessively long.

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    Baylor8670Baylor8670 Posts: 259 ✭✭✭

    @coinbuf said:
    Video worked just fine for me. Enjoyed watching it although I thought the intro part was excessively long.

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    logger7logger7 Posts: 9,638 ✭✭✭✭✭

    My takeaway, and I don't particularly like video references where you have to wade through a lot of back and forth with fluff and irrelevancies, is that JA's standard at cac is first eye appealing coins, and with Morgans in higher grades, fully struck.

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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @logger7 said:
    My takeaway, and I don't particularly like video references where you have to wade through a lot of back and forth with fluff and irrelevancies, is that JA's standard at cac is first eye appealing coins, and with Morgans in higher grades, fully struck.

    I don’t think he prioritizes eye appeal to the extent that you seem to. Eye appeal is important to just about everyone, but I don’t think J.A. will bump up the grades of gorgeous coins as much as much as some graders do.
    And I don’t believe that he requires fully struck Morgan’s at higher grades, but, he doesn’t tolerate weakly struck ones. There’s a wide go between fully struck and weakly struck.

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    Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 12,086 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Great video, thanks for posting this, @MFeld.

    I had no idea that Ed Hipps was such an early influence on JA, and really enjoyed hearing the references to him.
    One of my big regrets was meeting Ed too late in life. By then he was semi retired and Lance was running the show. But I could listen to Ed’s stories for hours!

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    coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,449 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @logger7 said:
    My takeaway, and I don't particularly like video references where you have to wade through a lot of back and forth with fluff and irrelevancies, is that JA's standard at cac is first eye appealing coins, and with Morgans in higher grades, fully struck.

    Why would you want a softly struck Morgan in gem or higher? Why would you want any coin that is not fully struck in higher grades?

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    CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 33,839 ✭✭✭✭✭

    What rot! The American Numismatic Association created the first major third party certification service in the early 1970's!!!!!

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    ProofCollectionProofCollection Posts: 7,799 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @coinbuf said:

    @logger7 said:
    My takeaway, and I don't particularly like video references where you have to wade through a lot of back and forth with fluff and irrelevancies, is that JA's standard at cac is first eye appealing coins, and with Morgans in higher grades, fully struck.

    Why would you want a softly struck Morgan in gem or higher? Why would you want any coin that is not fully struck in higher grades?

    Maybe if it was otherwise pristine?

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    MFeldMFeld Posts: 16,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ProofCollection said:

    @coinbuf said:

    @logger7 said:
    My takeaway, and I don't particularly like video references where you have to wade through a lot of back and forth with fluff and irrelevancies, is that JA's standard at cac is first eye appealing coins, and with Morgans in higher grades, fully struck.

    Why would you want a softly struck Morgan in gem or higher? Why would you want any coin that is not fully struck in higher grades?

    Maybe if it was otherwise pristine?

    And maybe it also had strong luster and/or color and/or eye appeal - attributes that to many, are as or more important than a full strike.

    Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.

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    zer0manzer0man Posts: 77 ✭✭✭

    good stuff. thanks

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