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biggfredd Rest in Peace United States 9104 Posts	Posted 05/27/2011 10:47 pm Most modern collectors are familiar with the 1-70 grading scale popularized by TPG. Just not as familiar as they think they are. To start with, the Sheldon Scale was never intended to be a grading scale, but a pricing one. VF30 is worth half as much as MS60, and three times as much as VG10, etc. Even before it was published, it was obsolete, though the numbers worked surprisingly well for circulated coins. Considering the problems inherent with TPG, I found a tidbit about Sheldon to be most illuminating. Quote: He is currently known to have stolen cents from the American Numismatic Society, from Abe Kosoff, from Stack's, from the T. James Clarke Estate, from the Gaskill collection, and from New Netherlands. Sheldon wrote and published Early American Cents as part of his plot, for if he could become the expert on cents and on grading, he would be less likely to be found out. http://www.fake-gold-bars.co.uk/joh...obituary.htm Somehow, in its own peculiar way, like John Jay Ford, Jr. making fake gold bars to fund his $30 million coin collection, this seems to fit the whole TPG miasma. Report this Post to the Staff

JackB Pillar of the Community United States 1064 Posts	Posted 05/27/2011 10:54 pm Enlightening stuff! Thanks for sharing Fredd. Report this Post to the Staff
mitchhailey Pillar of the Community United States 1150 Posts	Posted 05/27/2011 11:26 pm Yeah, nice find. Report this Post to the Staff
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