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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dltsrq, post: 2338210, member: 75482&quot;]If you mean that the ANA guide takes gradeflation into account by reducing standards as time goes on, then yes.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking at the 6th edition, for example, we read on p. 14, &quot;...certain coins that might have been graded as VG-8, such as an Indian head cent with not all of the letters visible in LIBERTY, can be graded Fine-12. Lest a reader get the wrong idea, this book <i>reports </i>the grading being used in the marketplace. It does not <i>create </i>it&quot;. In other words, there are no established &quot;standards&quot;, despite the book&#039;s title.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding a VF-30 1916-D Mercury dime in the &quot;Grading and the Marketplace&quot; section, the same edition of the ANA guide notes, &quot;Grading interpretations have changed over the years, and decades ago this would have been assigned a lower grade&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>The most useful grading tools are smoke and mirrors.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie77" alt=":pompous:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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