COMPUGRADE; What's left in New Orleans...

LostSisler · February 17, 2008 2:38AM

I found CompuGrade's location (4801 Florida Ave. New Orleans, LA 70117) and Google Mapped it.

Be prepared; HERE.
Switch to "Satellite View" and zoom-in.

Let's see your CompuGrade Slabs!

Edited to add; Directions from CompuGrade to the Old New Orleans Mint.

Mark · February 17, 2008 2:41AM

If the Google satellite view is the actual current view, that's just very sad.

DJCoinz · February 17, 2008 2:42AM

I'd say that's where compugrade WAS before hurricane Katrina.

NumisOxide · February 17, 2008 3:08AM

PerryHall · February 17, 2008 3:17AM

Was COMPUGRADE considered a legitimate respected grading service? At shows, I never see their slabs but I've heard of them. Weren't they the ones that graded to a tenth of a grading point (eg MS64.2) using a computer?

savoyspecial · February 17, 2008 3:22AM

wait a minute, i just put 2 and 2 together........what's Russ' ebay handle??

greg

ricko · February 17, 2008 3:23AM

Is the view current? Some I have seen are years old... not sure how to check that. Cheers, RickO

LostSisler · February 17, 2008 3:27AM

There seems to be contention over weather or not they ever actually deployed a successful working system, but yes, they did use a tenth point system (IE MS-64.7).

astrorat · February 17, 2008 3:29AM

<< Was COMPUGRADE considered a legitimate respected grading service? At shows, I never see their slabs but I've heard of them. Weren't they the ones that graded to a ten of a grading point (eg MS64.2) using a computer? >>

Yes, they were the first (as far as I know) to use computers to grade coins. They graded primarily Morgan dollars. I have never seen a different kind of coin other than the Kennedy halves in their sample slabs. Respected? Perhaps the people, but not the product. Their software did not work well.

I have put together a grading set of MS-63.0 through MS-63.9 (only missing the MS 63.7...HELP!!! I need one!) and you can easily see that the last significant digit was a roll of the ten-sided die.

They had two kinds of labels. One with the fractional grade as the large grade on the label and the other where the "normal" MS grade was on the label and the fraction was coded in smaller numbers below as part of the serial number.

Lane

P.S. BWT...ACG also used fractional grading on a short run of holders.

PerryHall · February 17, 2008 4:34AM

If I remember correctly, they were the first to have a second label on the top edge of the slab similar to the SEGS slab.

LostSisler · February 17, 2008 6:37AM

Does anyone have any pics of their slabs?

I remember what they look like and the other images I've found are boring.

I've sold all of mine and never took any photos!

astrorat · February 17, 2008 6:46AM

<< Does anyone have any pics of their slabs?

I remember what they look like and the other images I've found are boring.

I've sold all of mine and never took any photos! >>

You sold all of yours?!? You little $#%&!!!

I thought we were going to do some trading?

Lane

LindeDad · February 17, 2008 6:48AM

wait a minute, i just put 2 and 2 together........what's Russ' ebay handle??

I think Russ's handle is from other ventures.

LostSisler · February 17, 2008 9:10AM

<< 

<< I've sold all of mine and never took any photos! >>

You sold all of yours?!? You little $#%&!!!

I thought we were going to do some trading?

Lane >>

I'll admit that I was lying if you apologize! lol (I really want to see what everyone else has, apparently nothing?)

I'm too lazy to fly to AK to get my slabs rite now and I don't have a slide scanner.

I have pictures of myself at coin shows in the early 90's with cases full of CompuGrade.

I still have mine, and IF I have another 63.7 it's yours!

astrorat · February 17, 2008 9:19AM

Whew! Then the apology is yours!

Glad to hear you still have them! But if you do want to sell them...you know how to reach me!

Lane

ldhair · February 17, 2008 10:56AM

Link to Sampleslab

LostSisler · February 17, 2008 1:15PM

Any news on computer grading? Anyone know how far Compugrade got?

BobGreene · February 18, 2008 5:28AM

I think that computerized grading could feasilbly be achieved today with great accuracy and consistancy. Computer technology has come a long way since it was last tried by Compugrade. I am of the opinion that the big 3 grading firms would fight it for all their worth. Accurate and consistant grading would mean no resubmissions.

PerryHall · February 18, 2008 8:24AM

PCGS invested a lot of money into computer grading and gave up on it. Their system was called "The Expert". I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it. As long as eye appeal is a component of a coin's grade, a human will have to be involved in the grading process.

tr8cer · February 18, 2008 8:27AM

Wow

NHSBaseball · March 11, 2008 8:40AM

<< If the Google satellite view is the actual current view, that's just very sad. >>

Just saw this thread from a few weeks ago. Yeah, there are enormous parts of New Orleans that still look like that. For all the biased nonsense that gets reported nationwide ("Chocolate City"remarks, federal, state, and local waste, interviews with the "worst and dumbest", people protesting the tearing down of crime-infested housing projects, etc), this is the reality of the situation in huge chunks of what was once New Orleans. I won't give my own obvious opinions and vent my own anger. Just look at the pictures and decide for yourself.

Thanks, LostSisler for showing this.

BlindedByEgo · March 11, 2008 9:06AM

Truly sad.

tmot99 · March 11, 2008 9:24AM

Don't go by the satelite images on locations of places. Google has my house wrong. It's off by a couple of houses. My boss put in my address and came up with a huge house 2 away from me. He called me lowering my salary. I went and looked at it and said, "See that house 2 over to the right that's about half the size? That's mine."

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