Your explanation depends upon ignoring what is plainly obvious: that the numbers do actually include moderns despite the verbiage to the contrary...
The numbers are absolutely incorrect. First, they don't even add correctly. Look at the 2006 numbers for MS69. This is how they read: 1,211...
My point is that you and others of your ilk always harken back to the ANA standards since they were the original standards. If the market grading...
Yeah, instead of minor changes like the TPGs, the ANA made wholesale changes to the way they graded coins. And if they started employing market...
So you are saying that the ANA changed their grading standards because they realized that the system they were using wasn't working. But you...
I read all of your quotes, and not one person ever stated that the TPGs have loosened their grading standards. All they said was that they have...
You should post that in the gradeflation thread, nice coin!
I don't know the people on the PCGS forum who claim that NGC holders impart toning, but other than the guy with the anecdotal example, the others...
I have never in my life seen a coin turn colors in an NGC old fatty slab and I have owned hundreds of them across several series of coin....
LOL, both of those articles are about the same exact topic written by the same guy I already quoted above. I have never disputed that the TPGs...
That coin is an abomination!
I think that would actually be a good thing. It would not surprise me if the brightness, contrast, and saturation were all adjusted on this photo...
This coin resides in an NGC 4 holder with a 4 digit submission number which would make it circa 1989. If the toning has turned after 25 years, I...
I don't know that I have a problem with the color but it certainly is unusual. So unusual that I doubt that I would pay a significant premium for...
I'm not in a position to be buying any coins right now. Just wanted to share a cool coin that I like but can't have.
I was searching through some toned coin listings on E-Bay and I found this very cool toned 1955 Doubled Die Lincoln Cent. I have always wanted...
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Oh no, not the dreaded 2004 TPG magical loosening of standards again. Tell ya what, just get me one grader at NGC or PCGS to admit that it...
Call me pessimistic but if I obtained a 1922 Peace Dollar from a gas station that was thicker than other Peace Dollars while underweight, I would...
As promised, here is the roll friction gradeflation example: 1924 SLQ [IMG] [IMG] Those in the "wear is wear" camp will obviously think this...
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