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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3436868, member: 101855"]They may been looking at the hair detail and ignoring the spots were something was lifted. I have not looked at graded early copper in great detail for a long time, but at the turn of this century it seemed to me that PCGS overlooked problems with early copper more often that NGC did. In more recent times, it looks like they are about equal in that regard.</p><p><br /></p><p>I prefer the EAC grading system which explains the problem, gives a sharpness grade and then a net grade. You might disagree with the net grade, but at least it gives some collectors a basis from which to estimate a value.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most all early copper has some issue. If you rejected every piece that had something wrong, there would not be much to collect.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3436868, member: 101855"]They may been looking at the hair detail and ignoring the spots were something was lifted. I have not looked at graded early copper in great detail for a long time, but at the turn of this century it seemed to me that PCGS overlooked problems with early copper more often that NGC did. In more recent times, it looks like they are about equal in that regard. I prefer the EAC grading system which explains the problem, gives a sharpness grade and then a net grade. You might disagree with the net grade, but at least it gives some collectors a basis from which to estimate a value. Most all early copper has some issue. If you rejected every piece that had something wrong, there would not be much to collect.[/QUOTE]
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