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bushmaster8bushmaster8 Posts: 5,616 ✭
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Anybody? I haven't seen a Compugrade slab in at least ten years. Are there any still out there??
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
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    And a Compugrade sample slab

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    cohodkcohodk Posts: 18,621 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just bought 2 at a local show a month ago. They will be on Ebay shortly.
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    BarryBarry Posts: 10,100 ✭✭✭
    Is Russ responsible for Compugrade? image
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    JulianJulian Posts: 3,370 ✭✭✭
    Jim Diffenthal, a New Orleans businessman, was responsible for CG.

    It was too advanced for its time.

    As I remember, it had the technology to remember a coin and not grade it differently, whether it came back as toned or brilliant. Kind of like fingerprints.

    I believe that PCGS bought the technology from him, but they never put it to use.

    I wonder why?????
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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,760 ✭✭✭✭
    MS62.3? Conder101, do my eyes deceive me?

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    BikingnutBikingnut Posts: 3,369 ✭✭✭
    Fractional grades. Very interesting.

    Is Russ responsible for Compugrade?

    I think that would be Compucheap wouldn't it?
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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    No your eyes are right, Compugrades' computer system did assign grades to 1 place after the decimal point. And like PCGS's Expert system it was supposed to be able to retain a digital "fingerprint" of the coin so that if the coin was resubmitted the system would recognize it.
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    RussRuss Posts: 48,515 ✭✭✭


    << <i>And like PCGS's Expert system it was supposed to be able to retain a digital "fingerprint" of the coin so that if the coin was resubmitted the system would recognize it. >>



    Fascinating stuff. If the technology were ever fully developed and implemented it'd likely put a bit of a dent in the income of crackout artists.

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    Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    And a dent in the income of the grading services which may be one of the reasons the computer grading was dropped.
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    CyStaterCyStater Posts: 681 ✭✭✭
    I thought this Morgan could bring this thread back from the dead. Any others out there?

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    123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I thought this Morgan could bring this thread back from the dead. Any others out there?

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    Obverse almost looks like a PCGS slab.
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    IrishMikeyIrishMikey Posts: 1,561 ✭✭✭
    Looks a lot nicer than 62 (even 62.7) in the images. What does the coin actually grade?
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    CyStaterCyStater Posts: 681 ✭✭✭
    Two people not including myself think it could/should be closer to a 64. Very nice looking coin.
    Slab is smaller and thicker than a PCGS one. I had never seen one so I pounced on it.
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    LindeDadLindeDad Posts: 18,766 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That slab sure looks like it had a influence on the PCGS design.
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    CyStaterCyStater Posts: 681 ✭✭✭
    It is also labeled on the top so you can see it in a box which is kind of nice. You can also see the rim of the coin.
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    JJMJJM Posts: 7,984 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nice!
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    PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 45,444 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I have a Compugrade sample slab with a Kennedy half. Does this slab have any collector value?

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    Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very cool !!!
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    CyStaterCyStater Posts: 681 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I have a Compugrade sample slab with a Kennedy half. Does this slab have any collector value? >>



    I'm not sure. I haven't seen enough to know. This is literally the only one I have ever seen in person.
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is a couple ... and an advertising token.

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    I have set of "MS-63.X" Morgan dollars only missing the 63.7. When comparing the 63.0 through 63.9 coins one thing stands out ... their software didn't work that well. While "ahead of their time" (whatever that cliche means), computer grading needed a lot of work.

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    NewParadigmNewParadigm Posts: 1,322
    Now we are on a 700 point scale image
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    EXOJUNKIEEXOJUNKIE Posts: 1,609 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here's one for sale on eBay right now. It's pricey, but I guess if you want one bad enough....

    Compugrade Slab on eBay
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    CyStaterCyStater Posts: 681 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Here's one for sale on eBay right now. It's pricey, but I guess if you want one bad enough....

    Compugrade Slab on eBay >>



    In the little I have read, I think that the ones with the decimal grades are more desirable. I don't know how much of a market there are for these. I would guess they are pretty rare but if no one collects them then it doesn't really matter. Glad I found one, it will go nicely in my old-school holder Morgan year set.
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Here's one for sale on eBay right now. It's pricey, but I guess if you want one bad enough....

    Compugrade Slab on eBay >>

    The seller, who is a great guy and a dollar whiz, is a bit optimistic ... okay really optimistic ... with that price. Then again ... it's his coin ... and it you want it as yours ... image
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    segojasegoja Posts: 6,112 ✭✭✭✭
    Now that's chasing plastic???

    Why in the world would anyone think about buying that for $600?

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    2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭
    Picked this up today... I like it.

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    georgiacop50georgiacop50 Posts: 2,909 ✭✭✭✭
    2lltdjorn's looks like a 66 judging from the obv photo only....
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    2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭
    So what value do these hold?
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 27,521 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I thought this Morgan could bring this thread back from the dead. Any others out there?

    image >>




    Obverse almost looks like a PCGS slab. >>

    wow, i havent seen one of them in years. it sure is nice to see one again image
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    123cents123cents Posts: 7,178 ✭✭✭
    Got this one today. The slab is small like a white ANACS slab but much thicker.

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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Three of them just recently sold on eBay in the $75 to $100 range.
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    2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭
    Saw those go on eBay
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    MFHMFH Posts: 11,720 ✭✭✭✭

    The Logo on the reverse is very similar to PCGS's.

    Any connection ??
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    LostSislerLostSisler Posts: 521 ✭✭✭
    The original CompuGrade's last ad with a Double Eagle;

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    These were at my desk so I grabbed a shot;

    I value them all around the $300 range each

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just picked up the sample on the right, 1967 Kennedy. Labels are different than the one to the left and as posted above. Bought it from a fellow that said he got it at the Seattle ANA in 1990.

    Anyone have other different dates and styles??

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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭
    You stink! image
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    2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭
    here's mine…

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    LakesammmanLakesammman Posts: 17,294 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's interesting how nicely they stack.

    Anyone know why they chose to grade only Morgans and Saints??
    "My friends who see my collection sometimes ask what something costs. I tell them and they are in awe at my stupidity." (Baccaruda, 12/03).I find it hard to believe that he (Trump) rushed to some hotel to meet girls of loose morals, although ours are undoubtedly the best in the world. (Putin 1/17) Gone but not forgotten. IGWT, Speedy, Bear, BigE, HokieFore, John Burns, Russ, TahoeDale, Dahlonega, Astrorat, Stewart Blay, Oldhoopster, Broadstruck, Ricko.
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    2ltdjorn2ltdjorn Posts: 2,329 ✭✭✭✭
    I have seen peace dollars. Would love to get a saint. I would imagine the company dissolved before the technology could be applied to various denominations, I believe it dissolved due to internal conflict rather than poor product.
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    LostSislerLostSisler Posts: 521 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I believe it dissolved due to internal conflict rather than poor product. >>



    To put it simply; The financial-backer lost interest after a threatened patent lawsuit.
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    astroratastrorat Posts: 9,221 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I believe it dissolved due to internal conflict rather than poor product. >>



    To put it simply; The financial-backer lost interest after a threatened patent lawsuit. >>

    How is Compugrade 3D shaping up? image
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