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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4528228, member: 24314"]halfcent1793, posed: "In the early copper arena, most experienced collectors don't care what the slab grade is. <span style="color: #ff0000"><i>[No experienced collector should care about the slab grade!!] </i></span>Heritage and Goldbergs list EAC grades along with the slab grade, and the coins generally sell at price ranges appropriate for the EAC grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Studies have shown that TPG grades of early copper are wildly inconsistent. Comparable quality coins can be graded 20 or more points differently. You can find the data in the the <i>Grading Guide for Early American Copper Coins</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe that the main reason TPGs aren't good at grading early copper coins is that they are used to things like Morgans and Saints that were produced by completely different technologies. I think the professionals who started PCGS and NGC were aware of these issues, but <b><span style="color: #b30000">none </span>of them are still associated with the company,</b> and the graders they have now do not understand coins struck on a screw press. <span style="color: #b30000"><i>[This is NOT true. At least one of the top services, NGC, has a long time serving professional staff. I do agree that there are a small number of professionals that can properly grade a colonial coin. IMO, they can value them but they cannot grade them with regard to their ACTUAL condition of preservation due mostly to the way they were made.]</i></span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 4528228, member: 24314"]halfcent1793, posed: "In the early copper arena, most experienced collectors don't care what the slab grade is. [COLOR=#ff0000][I][No experienced collector should care about the slab grade!!] [/I][/COLOR]Heritage and Goldbergs list EAC grades along with the slab grade, and the coins generally sell at price ranges appropriate for the EAC grade. Studies have shown that TPG grades of early copper are wildly inconsistent. Comparable quality coins can be graded 20 or more points differently. You can find the data in the the [I]Grading Guide for Early American Copper Coins[/I]. I believe that the main reason TPGs aren't good at grading early copper coins is that they are used to things like Morgans and Saints that were produced by completely different technologies. I think the professionals who started PCGS and NGC were aware of these issues, but [B][COLOR=#b30000]none [/COLOR]of them are still associated with the company,[/B] and the graders they have now do not understand coins struck on a screw press. [COLOR=#b30000][I][This is NOT true. At least one of the top services, NGC, has a long time serving professional staff. I do agree that there are a small number of professionals that can properly grade a colonial coin. IMO, they can value them but they cannot grade them with regard to their ACTUAL condition of preservation due mostly to the way they were made.][/I][/COLOR][/QUOTE]
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