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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 24860616, member: 24314&quot;]I have watched enough of the video to make a comment and know of several CACG coins that were returned back into straigh grade holders.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Grading is a personal thing (subjective).&nbsp; The &quot;correctness&quot; of that grade opinion by anyone is influenced by many factors; however, RIGHT OR WRONG that opinion is subject to change.&nbsp; In spite of all the factors that may change that grade such as market conditions, gradeflation, etc. a majority consensus by knowledgeable examiners is what will dtermine a satisfactory grade opinion at that time.&nbsp; This is what the TPGS have tried to do for all of us. Obviously, all TPGS are not the same yet four have managed to be successful and now there will probably be a fifth.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I worked at the INS Authentication Bureau whice was the the first coin grading service in the U.S.&nbsp; INS was the second authentication service.&nbsp; We graded coins for free until the second grading service at the ANA&#039;s Authentication Service charged to have a coin graded.&nbsp; Our grading was extremely strict.&nbsp; It was based on Sheldon&#039;s verbal descriptions for each grade.&nbsp; <i><span style="color: #b300b3">Our ONLY consideration was the coin&#039;s condition of preservation from the day it was made.</span></i>&nbsp; <span style="color: #000000">The ANA&#039;s employees at the second grading service</span> <u><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">unsucessfully tried to copy our system and</span></b></u> <u><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">failed</span></b></u><b><span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 0)">. </span></b> They called <i><span style="color: #b300b3"><b>our original system</b></span></i> which they failed to understand &quot;Technical Grading.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As soon as coin dealers became involved by attempting to put a value on a coin using commercial grading, net grading and market acceptability, the simple act of of ranking a coin&#039;s condition of preservation - its grade (as long as the coin remained the same) that would never change over time became impossible.&nbsp; The video is further proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>One thing you shold all know is that when any new TPGS (I&#039;ll use NGC and PCGS as examples) start out they are very strict until the &quot;market&quot; slaps them into conformity.&nbsp; Otherwise, they die like the first grading service.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the video, market acceptability to corrosion, slight friction, scratches, and other minor problems will cause many coins to be rejected by CACG.&nbsp; They will either be able to return grading back to a stricter time, or they will have to loosen up big time![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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