COMPUGRADE!
nicholasz219
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So, in the midst of being an adult and working on organizing my collection beyond the point of just "chaos," I came across a token from the ANA 100th Anniversary show in Chicago which was my first ANA convention. It was a token that says, "To Err is Human..." on the one side and "Compugrade" on the other. I had forgotten all about this grading service until this popped up. So I did a little Wikipedia adventure and came up with the following info:
"An interesting contender among previous grading services was Compugrade. In 1990 Henry Merton was awarded United States Patent Number 4,899,392: Method and System for Objectively Grading and Identifying Coins, Feb. 6, 1990. Compugrade’s computers evaluated mint luster, physical damage to the coin and other conditions that detracted from the quality of 'Mint State.' Compugrade also patented a ‘tamper-proof’ slab to hold the coins that they graded. However, a ‘coup’ by members of Compugrade’s board of directors caused Henry Merton to telephone the Editor of Coin World to ask her to publish the letter that he had filed with her. That letter acknowledged assistance from numismatists who had not signed release forms for their contribution of information to the writing of the patent. That letter to the editor ‘wiped out’ Compugrade’s exclusivity by placing the patent in the public domain, which was Merton’s intent."
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Some pics from Sampleslabs.com
Sample Slabs
I was on LinkedIn (professional networking website) and I saw someone that is actually president of Compugrade 3D, but the link to Compugrade only rerouted me back to his profile. It would amaze me if some version of this company is still in business.
I thought you all might get a kick from the blast from the past.
"An interesting contender among previous grading services was Compugrade. In 1990 Henry Merton was awarded United States Patent Number 4,899,392: Method and System for Objectively Grading and Identifying Coins, Feb. 6, 1990. Compugrade’s computers evaluated mint luster, physical damage to the coin and other conditions that detracted from the quality of 'Mint State.' Compugrade also patented a ‘tamper-proof’ slab to hold the coins that they graded. However, a ‘coup’ by members of Compugrade’s board of directors caused Henry Merton to telephone the Editor of Coin World to ask her to publish the letter that he had filed with her. That letter acknowledged assistance from numismatists who had not signed release forms for their contribution of information to the writing of the patent. That letter to the editor ‘wiped out’ Compugrade’s exclusivity by placing the patent in the public domain, which was Merton’s intent."
Source:
Wiki
Some pics from Sampleslabs.com
Sample Slabs
I was on LinkedIn (professional networking website) and I saw someone that is actually president of Compugrade 3D, but the link to Compugrade only rerouted me back to his profile. It would amaze me if some version of this company is still in business.
I thought you all might get a kick from the blast from the past.
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someone like AGC or even ANACS?
But then I see a company called Compugrade 3D which has officers of some sort and apparently is still in business on the internet in random places. I can not be certain that this is the same company, what exactly they are doing now, if anything and who is responsible. It's not interesting enough to pursue doggedly.
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No offense to the owner at all intended. Now I'm curious as to what they are doing, if any business and what their business model is like. I just do not see anything about it, so now I am curious. Just in the most general of ways.