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  2. Third-party grading - Wikipedia

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    Third-party grading (TPG) refers to coin grading & banknote grading authentication, attribution, and encapsulation by independent certification services.. These services will, for a tiered fee depending on the value of the coin, "slab" a coin and assign a grade of 1–70 on the Sheldon grading system, with 1 being the lowest grade, with only faint details visible to 70, a practically perfect ...

  3. Paper currency grading - Wikipedia

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    No major damage such as tears or stains should be on notes in this grade. 15 Fine F Notes in this grade will have a good body, sound paper, bright colors, and above-average eye appeal but miss the next grade up due to too many folds or too much circulation. Folds cause a loss of paper durability which may be present in isolated areas.

  4. Notaphily - Wikipedia

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    Various third party grading companies (TPG) offer the service of authentication, grading and cataloging of common varieties of paper currency. These TPGs typically use a seventy-point grading scale to describe the note. Additional notations may be made for exceptional paper quality or other varieties.

  5. Certified Guaranty Company - Wikipedia

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    After grading, the comics are placed in an inner well, a sealed sleeve of Barex, a highly gas-impermeable plastic polymer. [citation needed] Then, the comics are sonically sealed in a hard plastic, tamper-evident holder. This process is often referred to in comics jargon as "slabbing".

  6. File:A silver proof state quarter of USA, graded by ICG ...

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  7. List of used book conditions - Wikipedia

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    The set of terms below were proposed in 1949 by AB Bookman's Weekly.They were adopted by the bookselling community and are still in use today. [1] [2] [3]As new means that the book is in the state that it should have been in when it left the publisher.

  8. ICG Group Makes Analysts Look Bad - AOL

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    The 10-second takeaway For the quarter ended March 31 (Q1), ICG Group missed estimates on revenues and beat expectations on earnings per share. Compared to ICG Group Makes Analysts Look Bad

  9. Stamp condition - Wikipedia

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    Poor regumming can be detected by examining the end of the perforations under a microscope. The fresh gum may interfere with the small strands of torn paper or even form small droplets. Stanley Gibbons uses the following to describe stamps with disturbed gum: large part o.g.: mounted mint (mint hinged) with the majority of original gum