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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2394790, member: 24314&quot;]Coin World did this test at least a decade ago.&nbsp; If I recall, ICG (When James Taylor owned it so modern ICG is different) won the test and ICG advertised the results lots.&nbsp; Anyway, it may be time for another test.&nbsp; Coin World sponsored the previous one and the coins were sent to each service.&nbsp; Took a few months to get all the results.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now for some humor:&nbsp; One of my seminar instructors stated that when he first began teaching grading classes there were several times that the first students to grade the coin were grading it Uncirculated;yet by the time it reached the students at the back of the class they were calling it AU-58.&nbsp; AND THEY ALL WERE CORRECT!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Back then, Unc = No trace of wear.&nbsp; By the time the coin passed through the hands of 25-30 students it had developed &quot;a trace of wear&quot;.&nbsp; Now the ANA clases grade coins in slabs with the grade covered.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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