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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2299257, member: 24314&quot;]This is a great discussion.&nbsp; I&#039;m going to add my $2 worth when I have more time.&nbsp; For now:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>From what I have read, the ANA bastardized Technical Grading as was done when it was in DC.&nbsp; INSAB was the first third party grading service and continued to use it as it was first conceived.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>ANACS and INSAB lost the playground because technical grading was only concerned with a coin&#039;s state of preservation after it left the dies - not its eye appeal among other things. The COIN MARKET and all that entails (dealers, auction houses, etc.)forced the ANA to change its grading standards (MS-65 became MS-63&#039;s in many cases).&nbsp; ANA had to change to stay in business.&nbsp; By 1986 (?) when PCGS came around INSAB went virtually belly-up and the ANA lost huge market share.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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