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Re: A discussion on commercial grading started. When two professionals deal, you'll seldom hear a grade.
Grading is trying to peg an abstract standard to something. Pricing is an exercise of replacing something ranked against where it falls against the alternatives. You can see the gravity & mechani… (View Post)1 -
Re: MS65 St Gaudens or 1995 W Silver Eagle Proof
Value Floor is a completely different beast. While collectors play into it, the base consumer at that levels are dealers/resellers who will snap up anything they feel is too cheap at open auction tha… (View Post)1 -
Re: Graded MS68+ What's keeping it from a MS69?
One thing my mentor thought me is not all coins are made as 70s. Some coins start life as 64s or worse and go down from there. 70 isn’t just flawless, it’s perfectly made and flawless. Things like bl… (View Post)7 -
Re: Graded MS68+ What's keeping it from a MS69?
There is one of the most important lessons in collectibles in that statement in that the preservation grade does not always directly align with eye appeal. At the end of the day eye appeal tugs at th… (View Post)4 -
Re: MS65 St Gaudens or 1995 W Silver Eagle Proof
I think most can agree that paying for 70s is paying for the plastic and not the coin. Plastic chasing is a thin and volatile market. I would never ever pay 1c more for a 70 over a 69 and I’ll gladly… (View Post)2