NGC Certifies Newman's Unique 1792 Washington President Gold Eagle

AKA the ones who overwhelmingly discount NGC. Without a deal that's a 6 figure cross over cost. It didbn't sell for nothing, but it very likely would have done better with PCGS.

I'll never understand that kind of logic. It is a unique piece. It is the same coin no matter what plastic it is in. It's like saying "I would love my wife more if she was dressed in clothes from this fashion designer rather than that one."

In my former post I was only agreeing that the price was lower than I would have thought a coin like this would go for. I was not agreeing about the PCGS comment that was later added in an edit.




One of the areas I dealt with frequently in my profession to better relate to the students/parents.

People with their dominant personality traits being melancholy and/or phlegmatic easier relate to the logic in how your statement relates to the issue. Debate by these people will be from researching to evaluate an "accepted" norm and backed up with verifiable data. Analytical thinking is a natural way of life. But (we!) they have to work to relate to people as social activities/emotions are not as easy as the next group...

People who are more sanguine and or choleric tend to rely upon systems/others as data-level analytical thinking is not a natural go to. As long as a professional title is involved, that's all the verification needed to put faith in the system. Any analysis will be approached with much less objectivity and instead tries to prove what the "experts" have already determined since, after all - the expert has the title.

Learning which of these we are gives an amazing insight into life in general and how others think. I once had a student of mine call it a cheat sheet for life.

Your problem is looking for logic where cognitive bias is involved.

True, I keep forgetting that people, in general, are not logical.

For a coin like this who cares what plastic its in. Its a certified coin, you got a grade, and what the coin is. Move on with the PCGS vs NGC nonsense. Nobody is going to refuse this coin because of the holder.

People preferring cognitive bias to logic rarely see they harm their own cause by digging a hole deeper and deeper. Lending a shovel makes the hole all the more obvious to newbies on the sidelines. And sometimes - if and when the hole gets big enough - the digger can see it also. Win win.