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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2318714, member: 24314&quot;]Don&#039;t you get it?&nbsp; THERE ARE NO STANDARDS IN NUMISMATICS that are followed 100% of the time AND the &quot;No Standards in use at one time CHANGE/ have changed in the past and will continue to change in the future.</p><p><br /></p><p>All kinds of standards are published or are on the TPGS websites.&nbsp; Everything is a GUIDE.&nbsp; It is YOUR job to read them and examine thousands of graded coins to develop Your Personal Standards.&nbsp; My personal standards do not comply with the TPGS but I can tell you what the grade on the four major TPGS label will be on 90% + of the slabs examine.&nbsp; I am in agreement with NGC, PCGS, and ICG 98% of the time (unless they missed something like a repair or rim file).&nbsp; When I miss it is usually a ANACS item.</p><p><br /></p><p>There is wiggle room for so many factors in TPGS standards that I don&#039;t wish to start writing about.&nbsp; Some of the members here are more qualified than I am and may have the time to explain.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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