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[VKurtB]

On 6/10/2024 at 11:23 PM, Sandon said:

  Presumably, the reference is to the 2016-W centennial commemorative issue, containing a tenth of an ounce of .9999 fine gold and bearing the design of the "Mercury" dime. The mint sold 124,885 of them, according to the "Red Book", which lists them in between the 2015 and 2016 Roosevelt dime issues, at least in the 2023 edition.  There were similar 2016-W gold commemorative issues of the Standing Liberty quarter and the Liberty Walking half dollar.

I consider listing any and all of the 2016 gold tribute coins with their design partners to be silly, erroneous, and darned stupid. They are gold bullion coins, PERIOD, and should be listed with other gold bullion in the Red Book. 

[VKurtB]

On 6/13/2024 at 2:00 AM, GoldFinger1969 said:

I have never heard or read about any "Sight White" (NOT Slight  )....but it apparently is some newfangled thing for silver/white coins:

https://sightwhite.com/

Looks like a guy just trying to copycat CAC on a much much smaller scale.

 

The sight white sticker was created by a long time dealer from Philadelphia, whose name temporarily escapes me. He bought a bunch of graded Morgans from me.

Found him. Robert Paul, from South Street in Philly. 

Edited June 13 by VKurtB

[Henri Charriere]

On 6/13/2024 at 12:25 PM, Halbrook Family said:

I thought this Merc looks really good. I thought it was the same size. The Kennedy looks amazing but can't really afford that one

 

FWIW:  

MERCURY DIME:          16.5 mm diameter.

2016 CENTENNIAL DIME: 17.91 mm diameter.

Any other specs are readily accessible on the internet. 

Regarding "looks".  I examined it closely with my antique 30-power jeweler's loupe. (Yes, the very one VKurtB explicitly forbade me from using) and, like your example above, I thought it was lacking in explicit detail -- aggravated by the fact that it is comprised of "pure," theoretically SOFT gold, unalloyed with any other metal.

In short, I am not a happy camper.

 

[powermad5000]

On 6/13/2024 at 2:00 AM, GoldFinger1969 said:

I have never heard or read about any "Sight White" (NOT Slight  )....but it apparently is some newfangled thing for silver/white coins:

Sight White is actually not new. Its been around since about 2017. I remember getting a card about the company at CSNS in 2019.

[Crawtomatic]

On 6/12/2024 at 9:28 AM, Henri Charriere said:

There is one variable no one ever seems to acknowledge.  It is not the TPGS that is grading/certifying your coin. It is a group of, for the most part, nameless, faceless people who theoretically are free tovcome and go, be promoted or otherwise elevated -- even retired. Of course, this only confirms subjectivity, buy there is no telling whether what grader finds appealing overall fails to impress another.

A review of comments lodged on this Forum confirms this:  some are fans of strong strikes; others are swayed by eye appeal.  Not a week goes by that one member fails to use the line "now graded ______ by NGC."

This is a great observation QA.  I think it's acknowledged, but not exactly in the way you mean of grading staff turnover.  Generally, it's when people talk about the slab history and the standards of how those coins would grade if re-assessed now.  

There was an interview with JA of CAC in regard to the grading team he has setup in Virginia Beach for CACG.  He mentioned that once that team of graders, or at least the senior finalizers retire, they would change their holder or label to signify that somehow.  Probably just the label.  I should just go re-watch the video rather than paraphrase it from memory.  Either way, point stands that he, at least, is going to more directly acknowledge that staff turnover in the product.