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Posted By: Dave

This is his response to my two questions.....about the cert number and about the number of graders per card....



In response to the last two questions....

1) The number is a randomly selected one...it has no special meaning.

2) As far as the number of graders goes...every card is inspected by at least two graders but - yes - that number can increase depending on the type of card. To illustrate, a 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle will be reviewed by more graders than a 1985 Topps Mike Schmidt. This is just an example but our approach is best described as a "common sense" approach. The amount of graders generally ranges from 2-4 per card but, if we feel that it would be prudent to have even more graders review it then, from time to time, it could exceed that range.

Take care,

Joe Orlando
President



People may or may not agree with this, and yes it does look rather funny that Joe states that at least 2 people will look at every card, but when MVS called customer service they said 3 people. Either way...at least he responded.