I know that ACG has it's own grading standards...

morganbarber

But someone please explain this to me. (Where's Conder101 when you need him?)

TomB

What about this is troubling?

ArgentumRex

I'm sure Conder101 will get the message.

MadMarty

There is a code on the back of the slab that will tell you what all the letters stand for.

morganbarber

"What about this is troubling? " The coin is graded "a3-65c"

keets

on the back of those ACG slabs which looks like condor101's ACG4 designation their is a guide to the numbering system employed by ACG in the grade designation. the numbers relate to strike quality, surface quality, luster strength and then the overall grade. in this example the stike is "A" which means Full, the surface is "3" which means Dull/Cleaned, the grade is 65 and the luster is "C" which means Weak. this means that the ACG grading of the coin is a fully struck and cleaned MS65 with weak luster.

oops, i missed something!!!

TomB

Okay, I simply wasn't certain about the initial question. At this point in time ACG used a code on the reverse of the slab, which can only be partially seen on the reverse image of the coin and slab. This code explained the grade and the grade went into greater detail than the current generation of slabs offered by PCGS, NGC, or other services. A3 would mean that the strike was given a value of A while the surface was given a value of 3. The reverse of the slab will tell you that A=Full Strike and 3=Dull Surface. The grade of MS65c tells you that this would be a commercial grade of MS65. If the seller had included a full image of the reverse of the slab it would have made much more sense to those not familiar with this concept.

DJCoinz

Now that is a very interesting way to grade coins.

ziggy29

<< <i>Now that is a very interesting way to grade coins. >>

It's really not much different than how the old ANACS used to do it, except that they use "code."

123cents

The holder's probably worth more than the coin.

PerryHall

How is the grading in the older ACG slabs? Any chance this coin would cross to PCGS? If I had this coin I'd leave it in its current holder since you never seem to see the old photo slabs any more. I imagine they are getting quite rare with all the cracking out going on.

Writersblock

Conder101 says:

"I'm not sure what the OP needed explained, but it has probably been covered by the other comments here. I can't tell for sure which variety this is, ACG 4 or 4.1 (not listed in the first edition) on 4 the#3 says Dull = Cleaned, on 4.1 it says Dull Or Cleaned. There are a couple other minor differences. Morganbarber, if you have other questions please clarify."



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