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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;yakpoo, post: 686088, member: 18157&quot;]Very interesting thread...I know very little about the coin grading practices of the major TPGs and the variety of opinions here are very informative. Just a few quick questions (if this is off topic, please just ignore them)...</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1) Do you think &quot;gradeflation&quot; may have been the result of increased competition for new business in the &quot;Bull Market&quot;?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2) Do you think &quot;volume of business&quot; with a particular customer affects grade?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>3) Do you think grades were more accurate in 2002 than are today...or vice versa?</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>4) What part does &quot;strike&quot; play in the grading process? In other words, with everything else being equal, how does a 1953-s Franklin (with a known &quot;mushy&quot; strike) compare with a 1953-d (with a much sharper strike)...gradewise?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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