Congratulations Archie! It's a lot of work isn't it? But very rewarding to know that it is THE accepted book.

Why don't you get it sanctioned by the club as the "Official" work on AC chips? That's what it is.

Have prices changed much?
Up Or down?

As for a post of yours where I did not answer about the grade of my $5 Sands arrowdie. I have not assesed it fully to put a number on it. I am just enjoying having it in my collection. It will never be for sale & even if it was, at this time a number seems to not matter. I have not talked to anybody to sell it so nobody has asked the condition in any term or number. One thing we all know, "It sure looks damn pretty!" That's all I can say.

Also our grading numbers do not have a meaning other than being a number in a range that has a meaning i.e. Extremely Fine (XF) is from 70 to 79 points. Points are determined by starting at 100 & deducting for damage & wear. So to me there is not 10 grades inbetween 70 to 79 it is one grade but where a number is the final outcome.

We agree that grading is very subjective but we have made a listing for collectors to get a better idea of what they have.

As pointed out in a thread below if a person each has an idea of what the number means then site unseen they will be expecting a like item. If a guy looks at our system & sends out a list of chips stating that the chip is a grade 65 it helps each to have a better understanding. If a person receives a chip in much poorer condition they would not be happy.

Right now there are so many terms being used that for the most part they are all irrelevant unless both parties follow the same guidelines in a structured grading criteria.

There was no "system" in which to evaluate a chips condition before ours. We are not ever going to force, nor can we of course, anyone to use this unless they choose to. The vast majority of the hobby does not use our system I feel.

How much have you actually looked into our system? Have you done a sample "grading test" like on the Carson City Nugget chip?