Are you Smarter than an SGC Grader? Revealed.

[frankbmd]

Two cards are scanned without the flips exposed.
Both cards were scanned simultaneously and the scans are not altered.
Both are Mullen Portrait cards with Piedmont 350 backs.

One card received a number grade and one received an Auth.

Question No. 1A - Which card received a numerical grade, L or R?

Question No. !B - Explain why you think so.

Question No. 2 - What numerical grade did that card receive?

The result scans have already been made and will be revealed at an
appropriate interval or if anyone out there is correct.

[bobbyw8469]

The card on the left got the A, because of that one sharp corner. I am sure the grader thought that card was trimmed.

The card on the right got an SGC 3, I am thinking.

[Shoele$$]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

The card on the left got the A, because of that one sharp corner. I am sure the grader thought that card was trimmed.

The card on the right got an SGC 3, I am thinking.

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Left is the "A" due to that suspect corner

Right got an SGC 50

[Texxxx]

Left A
Right 45

New scanner looks good.

[Harford20]

Agree with many that have already stated LEFT received the Auth (top corner and wavy top edge)

RIGHT SGC 50

[t206blogcom]

Left: A

Right: 60

[frankbmd]

Due to the overwhelming popularity of his thread and the finite number of possible responses, I am going to do the following.

Leave the thread open for now.

Reveal that there has been one (or possibly more than one) correct response, but

will not reveal which one yet so that all who want to participate can.

For those who have participated, you now have a chance to pat yourselves
on the back if you are sure that you were correct.

[pepis]

left 60

right A

[steve B]

Left A - top and bottom ok, but both left and right trimmed.

Right 50 ----Or If I'd sent it in 40. (Just kidding, they've been both over and under on mine some good some not.

Steve B

[Northviewcats]

Card on the left looks trimmed. Bat ears at the top right corner. However, I am assuming that the grader missed it and gave the card a 60.

The card on the right probably received the A grade. Wavy top.

Joe

[tiger8mush]

Question No. 1A - Which card received a numerical grade, L or R?
R

Question No. !B - Explain why you think so.
Card on left looks wavy at top. Its top two corners are much sharper than its bottom two. The card on the right looks short, but not trimmed.

Question No. 2 - What numerical grade did that card receive?
card on the right received an SGC 50

[e107collector]

Originally Posted by tiger8mush

Question No. 1A - Which card received a numerical grade, L or R?
R

Question No. !B - Explain why you think so.
Card on left looks wavy at top. Its top two corners are much sharper than its bottom two. The card on the right looks short, but not trimmed.

Question No. 2 - What numerical grade did that card receive?
card on the right received an SGC 50

+1, same as Rob.

By the way Rob, cool avatar!

Tony

[smtjoy]

Left is trimmed on top and Right got a 40

[mrvster]

left got a SGC 30 ................right got an "A" way short definitely got an "A"

[Jlighter]

I'm going to say.....left got a 45, right got an A.

[Jacklitsch]

Left is A

Right is a 60

[Peter_Spaeth]

Well one would think you posted this because the one on the right, which obviously is more likely to be trimmed because it's so short, got the grade and the one on the left got the A. But maybe that would be too easy. So I will say the left is a 60 and the right an A.

[Greenmonster]

Question No. 1A - Which card received a numerical grade, L or R? Right

Question No. !B - Explain why you think so..Left appears trimmed along the top

Question No. 2 - What numerical grade did that card receive? Card on right received an SGC 55

[Cardboard Junkie]

Right A

Left 50

[Sean1125]

left 5 right A, right looks trimmed on the bottom right border to me

[Al C.risafulli]

It is super-difficult to tell this sort of thing from a scan, and the larger the scan is, the harder it is to tell.

That said, these games are fun as hell to play.

So I'll say the card on the left got an AUTH, because the top and right edges look wavy and uneven to me.

The card on the right, despite having much smaller borders, received a numerical grade, because the cuts appear natural (though you can't possibly tell this for certain without looking at the edges, obviously). That said, I'll guess it's an SGC 50.

-Al

[Brendan]

Left looks trimmed. The top border is slanted a little to the right.

I'll go with SGC 50 on the right card.

[EvilKing00]

1 - left card got the A - slight trim, on angle from left to right.

2 - Right card SGC 40

[Big Ben]

Originally Posted by mrvster

left got a SGC 30 ................right got an "A" way short definitely got an "A"

I agree with this post!

[cmcclelland]

Left got an A

Right got an SGC 60.

[travrosty]

they are all twix, they both got an A

[thehoodedcoder]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

Two cards are scanned without the flips exposed.
Both cards were scanned simultaneously and the scans are not altered.
Both are Mullen Portrait cards with Piedmont 350 backs.

One card received a number grade and one received an Auth.

Question No. 1A - Which card received a numerical grade, L or R?

Question No. !B - Explain why you think so.

Question No. 2 - What numerical grade did that card receive?

The result scans have already been made and will be revealed at an
appropriate interval or if anyone out there is correct.

the correct answer is a question, not an answer.

the correct question is, did they get the results right or wrong. you can only answer correctly if you know that.

kevin