VKurtB

Oh no, here we go again. 

Oh no, here we go again. 

Correct, full stop. It’s like counting ballots in a county with deep red and deep blue precincts. You can tell when the precinct changes. 

As a normal the grader is not going to know who sent the coin in for grading. It is possible with famous coins or collections that the grader already knew who owns those coins. 

Because it is NOT in my plan to get ANY of my shillings handled by a TPGS (heck, I’ve DE-slabbed three), I am not working on gemmy coins, but rather coins as I prefer them, which is long on detail and luster, while tolerating a nick or three. See? My disdain for “technical grading” is complete and utter. 

Welcome to the world of SBA dollars struck in San Francisco in 1979. “Blob” is a correct description of ALMOST all of them, including the vast majority of proofs struck that year. Why the low quality? Well, it WAS the Carter Administration. 

It’s corollary to Murphy’s Law. 

I see you knew my father, the man with an 8th grade education.  

I see you knew my father, the man with an 8th grade education.  

Can’t swing a dead cat without hitting a Baptist church. 

Yes, because the one thing you can ALWAYS count on is coin collectors being chatty about what they own. /eye roll so huge you can hear it
Face it: most of the most advanced collections today are cloaked in 100% secrecy. If ANYONE knows what’s out there, it’s the dealers that top collectors are working with.

Face it, Roger. The ANA has now filled at least four classes for Grading (I and II) at Summer Seminar, and your idea of grading will be dealt with and rejected as outdated within the first half hour. It USED TO BE your way, but the hobby has moved on. By the way, in the circulated grades, agreement is huge. It’s the MS range. 

I was only aware of the Apollo 11 coins being signed. Charlie Duke was the CAPCOM for the landing. It is his voice that said, "Roger, Twank...Tranquility, we copy you on the ground. You got a bunch of guys about to turn blue. We're breathing again. Thanks a lot!"

Cross burned into the cent by Superman’s X-ray vision after attending a revival meeting. 

It depends on what nomenclature the original submitter requested. You are likely to get as FS number if an academic submitter was the original. If a slick marketer submitted it, it has a cutesy pie name. NGC had made clear that they do not support all variety designations of ANY source. 

The Apollo 16 astronaut?

Cross burned into the cent by Superman’s X-ray vision after attending a revival meeting. 

Amen! This is particularly true of discerning the higher grades, say in the AU into the MS grades. Not everything that looks like wear IS wear.

Each time a modern imitation coin, proof, or other novelty is removed from its original packaging, you expose its surface to contamination. The effects are cumulative each time a holder is opened, and increase as unprotected time increases. The effects might not become visible for a year or more.
You can be smart, and leave it in the original plastic capsule, or take your chances after spending $50.

Sure. There are approximately 27,000 current dues paid members. The high water mark was pre-Amos ANACS, when you had to be an ANA member to submit coins to ANACS.

Or NVDA shares?

You can continue to play devil's advocate or "defender of the downtrodden" all you like, but, rest assured, the majority of the members of this forum strongly disapprove of this guy's tactics, especially since he's been repeatedly called out, and continues to do it. It isn't "harmless conduct." It's the forum equivalent of spam phone calls and junk mail, and we don't like it.

I have been awarded a Robert Lecce Scholarship (partial, tuition only) for the Summer Seminar this coming June. The value is $770. Because of the “extras” I ordered, including 3 extra nights room and board, to catch events between the two main weeks, I am spending a similar amount. The Robert Lecce is the only one offered by the ANA to adults of any financial status. The application was almost as daunting as a college application, complete with the essay. 
 
I wanted class #31 - A Survey of 20th and 21st Century World Coins, but that only has two sign ups, so I will most likely be in:
#34 - A History of U.S. Colonial Coins, Currency, and Medals, taught by Dr. Jesse Kraft of the ANS.
Next year, I will be applying for one of F.U.N. scholarships that are offered. Object lesson: sharpen up your writing skills.

Yes, because the one thing you can ALWAYS count on is coin collectors being chatty about what they own. /eye roll so huge you can hear it
Face it: most of the most advanced collections today are cloaked in 100% secrecy. If ANYONE knows what’s out there, it’s the dealers that top collectors are working with.

Yes, because the one thing you can ALWAYS count on is coin collectors being chatty about what they own. /eye roll so huge you can hear it
Face it: most of the most advanced collections today are cloaked in 100% secrecy. If ANYONE knows what’s out there, it’s the dealers that top collectors are working with.