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<p>[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2340062, member: 29751"]Firstly, this is not meant to be a "Scientific article" by Mr. Bowers. This is from his weekly column, and it is generally his opinions and insights from 60+ years in the business. I have no problems with him going to eBay and looking at pictures. You can just as easily see the same thing looking at pictures on Heritage. The coins he is looking at are in holders from the top TPGs, so I don't completely understand why some of the people replying in this thread seem to think it makes a difference where those pictures are being looked at. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Secondly, some of you may want to read <a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/02/current-state-of-certified-grading-q-david-bowers.all.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/02/current-state-of-certified-grading-q-david-bowers.all.html" rel="nofollow">his follow-up weekly column</a> to the one in the OP.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lastly, Early American Copper collectors have been saying this exact thing for years. The thing that I think seems to be a bit of a disconnect in the opinion column, though, is that neither of the "Big-2" TPGs claims to grade to ANA standards. They have always used their own in-house and somewhat vague grading standards. Rick Snow posted a write-up on the PCGS forums last year about the problem with grade-flation of IHCs, and the post was "poofed" (i.e., removed by PCGS forum "gods") because it implied that PCGS was part of the problem. Other dealers are happy to play the "upgrade game" -- or as I like to call it, the "<b>grade-flation max-out game</b>". The <b><span style="color: #006600">TPG$ win</span></b>, the <b><span style="color: #006600">dealer$ win</span></b>, and the <b><span style="color: #ff0000">buyers / collectors / investors who blindly buy plastic and labels <u>lo$e</u></span></b>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="brg5658, post: 2340062, member: 29751"]Firstly, this is not meant to be a "Scientific article" by Mr. Bowers. This is from his weekly column, and it is generally his opinions and insights from 60+ years in the business. I have no problems with him going to eBay and looking at pictures. You can just as easily see the same thing looking at pictures on Heritage. The coins he is looking at are in holders from the top TPGs, so I don't completely understand why some of the people replying in this thread seem to think it makes a difference where those pictures are being looked at. :rolleyes: Secondly, some of you may want to read [URL='http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/02/current-state-of-certified-grading-q-david-bowers.all.html']his follow-up weekly column[/URL] to the one in the OP. Lastly, Early American Copper collectors have been saying this exact thing for years. The thing that I think seems to be a bit of a disconnect in the opinion column, though, is that neither of the "Big-2" TPGs claims to grade to ANA standards. They have always used their own in-house and somewhat vague grading standards. Rick Snow posted a write-up on the PCGS forums last year about the problem with grade-flation of IHCs, and the post was "poofed" (i.e., removed by PCGS forum "gods") because it implied that PCGS was part of the problem. Other dealers are happy to play the "upgrade game" -- or as I like to call it, the "[B]grade-flation max-out game[/B]". The [B][COLOR=#006600]TPG$ win[/COLOR][/B], the [B][COLOR=#006600]dealer$ win[/COLOR][/B], and the [B][COLOR=#ff0000]buyers / collectors / investors who blindly buy plastic and labels [U]lo$e[/U][/COLOR][/B].[/QUOTE]
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