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1958 Franklin Half Dollar PCGS MS67+ FB CAC sells for $110k at auction
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<p>[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3202967, member: 76863"]The color is why it sold for what it did not the grade. The right color is very much in vogue and there are collectors that have shown a willingness to pay what they have to when the right pieces come up. We've seen it with Morgans, we've seen it with the Oregon commem, and we've now seen it with a franklin. I'm sure there are more examples but the people seriously perusing the right color patterns didn't start with this coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It's been done before and it failed and the market rejected it. PCGS does have an AI system they use in conjunction with the graders to aid in counterfeit detection but computer graded gets brought up about as much as a 100 point scale. Eye appeal is a big part of grading and a return to technical computer grading is not what the market or most collectors want nor has pure technical grading been a thing used by most for decades now. </p><p><br /></p><p>The one place I think we could possibly see computer grading would be like ASEs and the silver proof sets for the 70 type grading, but other than that I don't see human grading going away.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nope don't work for them in anyway and never have as I have told you for years now, but glad to see you still have the grudge from being corrected year's ago. It's rather amusing at this point, but I won't engage your trolling anymore other than to mention that I have never worked for PCGS in anyway.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="baseball21, post: 3202967, member: 76863"]The color is why it sold for what it did not the grade. The right color is very much in vogue and there are collectors that have shown a willingness to pay what they have to when the right pieces come up. We've seen it with Morgans, we've seen it with the Oregon commem, and we've now seen it with a franklin. I'm sure there are more examples but the people seriously perusing the right color patterns didn't start with this coin. It's been done before and it failed and the market rejected it. PCGS does have an AI system they use in conjunction with the graders to aid in counterfeit detection but computer graded gets brought up about as much as a 100 point scale. Eye appeal is a big part of grading and a return to technical computer grading is not what the market or most collectors want nor has pure technical grading been a thing used by most for decades now. The one place I think we could possibly see computer grading would be like ASEs and the silver proof sets for the 70 type grading, but other than that I don't see human grading going away. Nope don't work for them in anyway and never have as I have told you for years now, but glad to see you still have the grudge from being corrected year's ago. It's rather amusing at this point, but I won't engage your trolling anymore other than to mention that I have never worked for PCGS in anyway.[/QUOTE]
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