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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 6444628, member: 73489&quot;]<b>If anything, I think that some of the &quot;C&quot; coins are probably more deserving of a 1-grade lower reduction.</b>&nbsp; I simply never bought that the &quot;A&quot; coins were a 65.7 and the &quot; &quot;B&quot; coins a 65.4 and the &quot;C&quot; coins a 65.1.&nbsp; We have experts all disagreeing many times by 1 or 2 grade increments....and NOW I&#039;m supposed to believe that &quot;expert&quot; graders can accurately grade in tenths of a point ?</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t get me wrong...I have no problem in stating that there are strong, OK, and weak coins for a particular grade.&nbsp; But most of the time it&#039;s tough to grade them numerically within a tenth or mentally A-B-C.&nbsp; Only AFTER THE FACT is it clear, IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also think part of this is market vs. technical grading, as GDJMSP has harped on. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reminds me of economists who would give GDP estimates -- to the nearest billion dollars when they are more likely to be off by TENS of billions, if not more !! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>You have 2 grades on Ancients, but I think having all the additional &quot;clutter&quot; you want on the label (even though informative, IMO) would just confuse the novices and tee off the experts/veterans/dealers. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>OTTOMH....I would think it is pretty small.&nbsp; Not sure if CAC lists all approved and submitted coins, but compared to the total of graded coins by PCGS and NGC, it must be small.</p><p><br /></p><p>Veterans probably have a better idea....[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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