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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Publius2, post: 4604344, member: 105571&quot;]EAC as a club/group/institution, does not grade anything or provide grading endorsements and there is no implication that is the case for Heritage&#039;s auctions.&nbsp; Members of the club decide individually whether and how to apply the club&#039;s grading standards which are markedly different to those of the TPGs.</p><p><br /></p><p>Heritage Auctions employs Mark Borckhardt who, among whatever his other duties might be, provides an opinion of the EAC grade for early copper.&nbsp; That opinion is his, with whatever input comes from Heritage and the consignor, not the opinion of the EAC club.&nbsp; Mark is highly respected in the early copper community and is one of the most knowledgeable people in this area of numismatics.&nbsp; I have no idea if Mark provided the EAC grade in one, both or none of the grading occurrences of this coin.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>As to how it got a EAC 15 once and then got a 25 a few months later, I wouldn&#039;t presume to know or speculate, but note that it&#039;s a 10 point difference in EAC grade but a 23 point increase in TPG grade.&nbsp; Reasonable people might disagree within 10 points, particularly for early copper.&nbsp; Even the same reviewer might disagree with himself as I&#039;m sure we have all done at times.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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