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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gmarguli, post: 5135986, member: 246&quot;]Blame collectors for this. Collectors want to collect gem coins, not near or almost gem coins. It doesn&#039;t matter if it is the same coin, they want a &quot;gem&quot;. It&#039;s a point of pride. No one wants to say, my car is almost cool, my girlfriend is close to hot, and my coin is near gem. No one wants lessening qualifiers before those terms.</p><p><br /></p><p>The TPG had to respond to this by allowing way more coins in to the 65 grade.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The 65s of today are garbage compared to 30+ years ago. The marketplace needed gems and if the TPG weren&#039;t going to give gems to the dealers, the dealers would look elsewhere. The TPG weren&#039;t nearly as entrenched as they are now. The TPG responded by opening the floodgates to gems. </p><p><br /></p><p>There is now a ton of generic stuff in 67 slabs that would have had a hard time grading 65 30+ years ago.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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