I have seen this discussed before. I have included the screen shot. This was from a recent newsletter from my LCS
He's right, the standard is certainly harder today despite all the people that claim gradeflation on everything
I agree with what's posted above although I have seen members of this forum who claim to be Morgan Dollar experts disagree with this. I no longer participate in those GTG's....
I know it's everyone's opinion. I just wanted to post this for others to see. The prices for these coins have been astronomical. Surely there are people overpaying for less of a coin. It's one of those things, take it or leave it!