VAMWorld 2.0

At the end of the day the market decides. If people want to pay a premium for it, it will happen. If people don’t, it won’t. Obviously I think most list coins and significant historical pieces like discovery coins will command premiums, whereas most scribble scratches, and other minutiae won’t. Perh...

The consensus was correct, hairlines on the cheek. If they are a generous mood (they aren’t) and the luster is still intact and the hairlines very minor in hand, they might give you 62. Or they could effectively net grade it and give you a 58 or 61. Grading is an art more than a science, and dependi...

Welcome to the boards. This is a new account for me, as I haven’t been active on this site in many years, but I was a regular long ago. Thick skin is a necessity, as is a long memory. Not everybody is gonna be friendly, but the vast majority of the guys are a pleasure to interact with. You’ll even f...

I was told by some of the greats in the industry many moons ago that I’d never need anything beyond a good 10x loupe for variety attribution. In the years that have ensued as a professional numismatist involved in every aspect of the coin industry, I’ve found that to be true. My lovely wife bought m...

What Dennis said. And will eBay bite? PC and NG are so entrenched that the accepted grading standards that encompass the vast majority of the desirable coins will be hard to reshape. At best, it might stem or slow the ever flowing drift of gradeflation. Maybe. In the short term. In the long run, the...

WOW- What timing as i have been hesitant to begin grading with PCGS idiots, in order to validate and begin selling my huge collection thru Heritage. Now i will make a deal with CAC to slab/grade thousands of my ungraded Morgans. Very exciting, as PCGS didnt want to acknowledge my "The Oregon Collec...

I watched the interview. Not at all convinced that CAC be as successful as a grading service as they have been as an acceptance service. Unless they get some *serious* market traction, there’s no way on earth I’m sending CAC a coin that according to Albanese would get a 65 at PC or NG when he says h...

I would be exceedingly (but pleasantly) surprised if CAC did anything with non-list Vam‘s. And we somewhat have ourselves to blame. Years ago, when it mattered most, there existed a small but extremely vocal minority within the hobby that as purist collectors, did their darndest to eliminate any inc...

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In that case would that not be far more commonly encountered?