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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dd27, post: 2624888, member: 80416&quot;]As many of you know, Q. David Bowers has been tackling the gradeflation problem frequently in <i>Coin World</i> columns:</p><p><br /></p><blockquote><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/02/examining-inflation-of-grading-q-david-bowers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/02/examining-inflation-of-grading-q-david-bowers.html" rel="nofollow">Examining inflation of grading: Q. David Bowers</a>, <i>Coin World</i>, 15 February 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/08/grading-an-undefined-hobby-area.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/08/grading-an-undefined-hobby-area.html" rel="nofollow">Q. David Bowers: Grading an undefined hobby area in determining coin&#039;s condition</a>, <i>Coin World</i>, 29 August 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/08/grading-undergoes-multitude-of-changes.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/08/grading-undergoes-multitude-of-changes.html" rel="nofollow">Q. David Bowers: How grading criteria has changed for U.S. coins over last decades</a>, <i>Coin World</i>, 05 September 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/08/some-official-coin-grading-standards-abandoned.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/08/some-official-coin-grading-standards-abandoned.html" rel="nofollow">When did an Indian Head cent with missing letters in LIBERTY become Fine?</a>, <i>Coin World</i>, 12 September 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/09/problems-still-exist-assessing-coin-conditions.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/09/problems-still-exist-assessing-coin-conditions.html" rel="nofollow">Q. David Bowers: With grading standards established, why can’t everyone agree?</a>, <i>Coin World</i>, 19 September 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/09/building-instant-collection-no-fun-at-all.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/09/building-instant-collection-no-fun-at-all.html" rel="nofollow">With so many grades and so much inconsistency in grading, what is a collector to do?</a>, <i>Coin World</i>, 26 September 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/09/gradeflation-encourages-mutually-profitable-resubmissions.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/09/gradeflation-encourages-mutually-profitable-resubmissions.html" rel="nofollow">Q. David Bowers: How gradeflation encourages resubmissions</a>, <i>Coin World</i>, 03 October 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/10/how-to-be-astute-at-coin-buying-in-2016-bowers.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinworld.com/news/us-coins/2016/10/how-to-be-astute-at-coin-buying-in-2016-bowers.html" rel="nofollow">Q. David Bowers: How to be an astute U.S. coin buyer in 2016</a>, <i>Coin World</i>, 31 October 2016</p></blockquote><p><br /></p><p>Note: The dates refer to the column&#039;s publication in the print issue of <i>Coin World</i>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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