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To be honest, I agree that the Sheldon scale doesn't have quite enough gradation in the 1-4 range. Good to AG to Fair to Poor are all huge jumps in grade.
In particular, the Poor grade really deserves a lot of sub-grades (even if some of them would be extremely rare); notably, "PO-1" 1793 chain cents come in a wide range of extremely to ludicrously worn (the chain is basically the last part to disappear, so they're still identifiable well below what is conventionally called PO-1, and the type is in sufficient demand that even such examples are very collectible).
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Quote:Does anyone remember Kurt's 'CR' grade? http://goccf.com/t/34812#272443 That thread was posted here well before I joined, but I am in shock that there is someone else out there who thinks just like @crazyb0.  "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
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"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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My suggestion is to lose the 00 altogether and just go with FUBAR as the designator. You may have just given Me an Idea for My dateless 1 year type coin, or coins that still command premiums for dateless examples. Edited by Optimist-numismatist
04/26/2018 7:29 pm
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Quote:Does anyone remember Kurt's 'CR' grade?  I wasn't around either, but that's funny stuff! In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Quote:WBTPS-00 (Worn Back To Planchet State-00) "Gentlemen, the specimen has come full circle. Shall we lay it to rest?"  After all, some people do consider slabs coin tombs.  Edited by rbjr85
04/26/2018 10:17 pm
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Quote:After all, some people do consider slabs coin tombs. And if that's the case, then I guess registry sets are digital cemeteries. |
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Was actually a pretty darn nice coin too. So far as I'm concerned, for a coin to be graded crap, it must actually be crap.   (IIRC, this is not even the worst coin I have. Just the worst I have pictures for.) |
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Quote:Does anyone remember Kurt's 'CR' grade? http://goccf.com/t/34812#272443 Oh my I haven't laughed out loud like that in months. Thank you jbuck for the link. I needed that. Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 |
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I just came across this thread and found myself chuckling out loud as I read it. Good stuff!
Now I'm trying to figure out how a coin could be given a negative number grade. That could be a whole new field!
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Now I'm trying to figure out how a coin could be given a negative number grade. I am sure we are creative enough to figure it out.  |
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JAS- -01 (Just A Sliver negative 01): Describes a coin so worn that it's missing about half (give or take) of it's original weight and seems almost as it's about to bend in half. Much like what happens when a bar of soap wears with use. Edited by rbjr85
04/28/2018 04:08 am
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