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Grading Question
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Started by ShogunLogan,

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theCapraAegagrus

theCapraAegagrus

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13 hours ago, The Lions Den said:

From what I've been able to find out, both staples missing because of manufacturing gets a Green Qualified label with no grade reduction and one staple missing because of manufacturing can still score a 9.4 Blue Universal label...  

Agreed with the bold, but I thought that 1 staple missing could still get up to 9.8?

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The Lions Den

The Lions Den

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1 hour ago, Angel of Death said:

Agreed with the bold, but I thought that 1 staple missing could still get up to 9.8?

Yes, I would suspect this is correct. I just couldn't find an example of it in my search yesterday...  (shrug)

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Qalyar

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4 hours ago, Angel of Death said:

Upon research, there are examples of 9.6, and people have said that they've seen 9.8s (usually GA).

Quite a few books were intentionally produced with only one staple during WW II to conserve materials, which isn't quite the same as a book that ought to have 2 staples, but only ever got one. Still, that's pretty clearly a manufacturing defect, so shouldn't cap grade below the 9.8 level. Obviously, zero production staples is still earning a green label.

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