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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 656888, member: 2972&quot;]Their grading is based on (and closest to) the TPG coins they sticker, IMO.</p><p><br /></p><p>My sense -- having used the service on coins that I know very, very well -- the biggest difference I noted between JA&#039;s eye and PCGS/NGC is that JA&#039;s eye is a bit more descriminating when it comes to &quot;acceptable&quot; problems than the TPGs.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, many of the coins that I received back from CAC without a sticker, the majority (virtually all of them) were for &quot;probems&quot; that were not sufficient for the coins&#039; grade.&nbsp; Not many were because of &quot;overgrading&quot; per se, but low end coins because of issues toning, spots, hairlines, nicks and other &quot;liner&quot; type problems were among the most frequent issues noted for not getting the sticker.</p><p><br /></p><p>For instance, of the 14 coins that didn&#039;t make the grade, 10 of them were rejected for being &quot;low end&quot;, 3 for being&quot;QT&quot;, and 1 for &quot;Putty&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>FWIW, 60% of my coins got the sticker, against an average of 40% last I heard.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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