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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cringely, post: 940998, member: 22271&quot;]It was lot 83 in the EAC 2005 auction. I don&#039;t know its history before then, but have asked Chris McCawley what he knows about the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><i>Leadfoot</i></p><p><i><u>Originally Posted by Marshall </u></i></p><p><i><u>Very different standards, both useful for different purposes, but should never be confused when determining value</u>.</i></p><p><i>I disagree strongly with the above. Both the EAC and TPG grading do a very good job at predicting value -- they just do it differently.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>Respectfully...Mike</i></p><p><br /></p><p>As far as relative grading between EAC and TPG graders, I and another EACer are collecting relative grading for large and half cents and hope to publish the results in the near future.</p><p>What we have found is that there is a significant disagreement in the middle grades with typical TPG being more than 10 points higher when the EAC grade ranges from 25 to 45. The gap narrows at higher (and lower) grades. It is my belief that, unlike TPGers, EAC grades have not inflated over the years. In only 1 of 250+ comparisons have I found a TPG grade lower than an EAC grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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