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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1881593, member: 112&quot;]Well let&#039;s see Brandon. First of all it might be helpful if your comments were even remotely accurate. I grade coins based on standards published by the ANA in 2005 in their 6th edition book. And those standards are exactly the same, with 2 minor changes for 2 single coins in 2 specific grades, and only those 2 specific grades, as their 5th edition published in 1987. And yeah, the ANA has a 7th edition out now, published in 2013, which I haven&#039;t gone completely through but so far is exactly the same as the 1987 edition.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, are standards that are 1 year old, or less, what you call the &quot;good ole days&quot; ?</p><p><br /></p><p>The last PCGS grading standards book was published in 2004. But PCGS didn&#039;t follow their own written grading standards even back then, let alone today.</p><p><br /></p><p>So you tell me, who&#039;s being consistent in their grading and who isn&#039;t - me or the TPGs ? And how is that not helpful to the people on these boards to point that out to them ? I know if I were someone who was buying slabbed coins based on what it says on the plastic - I would most definitely be interested in knowing that so that I could make better informed buying decisions.</p><p><br /></p><p>I mean after all, the most often repeated advice there that is ever given to coin collectors is - buy the coin, not the slab. And that&#039;s what I am trying to show people with my &quot;good ole days&quot; grading that is based on standards published waaaaaaaaaay back last year.</p><p><br /></p><p>But apparently you are of the idea that they should just follow the crowd - don&#039;t worry about it, just buy the plastic and you&#039;ll be OK.</p><p><br /></p><p>You see Brandon people always have a choice, they do not have to change with the times. They don&#039;t HAVE to follow the sheep. They can choose to speak with their wallets and say hey - this isn&#039;t acceptable. You folks have gone too far. It&#039;s time to go back to written, published, and established grading standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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