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What does the "*" Mean next to your grade?261

Collector SuperPaul private msg quote post Address this user
Could someone please explain?

Thanks
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery. DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user
The book in question looks better than the grade given to it by CBCS due to a defect that isn't obvious by looking at it through the holder.
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COLLECTOR dielinfinite private msg quote post Address this user
the * or more recently, a checkmark, indicates that the book presents better than a book of that grade. Maybe the book got a 9.0 as a result of an accumulation of imperfections on the interior but the cover looks amazing and in the holder, where the interior defects aren't visible, the book looks like a higher grade book.
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Collector Iago19 private msg quote post Address this user
Originally CBCS used a star to designate a book that looked better than its assigned grade, as has been mentioned. There was a dispute with NGC over the use of the "*", so CBCS began using a check mark to indicate the same thing. Hope this clears things up.

This is from another thread by posted by the_Watcher
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Collector SuperPaul private msg quote post Address this user
Thank you! Have you been surprised by a grade before? I thought what I submitted would have graded higher.

Please let me know your thoughts
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I've spent years perfecting my brand of assholery. DrWatson private msg quote post Address this user
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Originally Posted by SuperPaul
Have you been surprised by a grade before? I thought what I submitted would have graded higher.

Sure. All the time. In both directions.
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President SteveBorock private msg quote post Address this user
Quote:
Originally Posted by SuperPaul
Thank you! Have you been surprised by a grade before? I thought what I submitted would have graded higher.

Please let me know your thoughts


Everyone gets surprised by a grade. That's the reason for the check mark on the label. It means "Check the graders notes as this looks better than the given grade". We thought a * would be good but the certified collectibles group sent us a lawyers letter stating that because they use that on coin labels, most of you would confuse our comic with their coins as being from the same company. I am pretty sure all of you would not confuse a comic with a coin, but we decided to change it to a check mark on the label. It still shows up online as a *.
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