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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 433266, member: 6036&quot;]We&#039;ve gone over the whole &quot;pro-slab / anti-slab&quot; thing a million times, so no need to revisit that here.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>To me, Elaine&#039;s OP bears on this idea : Is the preponderence of 69s and 70s grade inflation ? If so, does this call into question the grades on other coins (i.e. non-moderns) ?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>My answer to both questions is a resounding <b>NO</b>.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>As Doug pointed out earlier, the bullion proofs are very very high grade coins; they deserve high grades (in slab or not).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Grading practices for a modern ASE PR69 DCAM have no bearing on a 1799 Bust Dollar VF35.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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