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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3735999, member: 112&quot;]Lemme put it to you this way. In regard to this specific question - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If the coin was graded after 2003, you will have a hard time finding one that was not over-graded. And in the years that followed, the grading standards were loosened even more than they were in 2004, and in each subsequent period loosened yet again. It has gotten so bad that today, the TPG standards are basically a joke.</p><p><br /></p><p>In regard to this specific question - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If a coin was particularly scarce or even rare, or more valuable than most, or more popular than most, or had a particular pedigree, then those coins were given much more leniency (over-graded in other words) than any others in their respective series. There were no specific years when this happened, it was true from the very beginning of the TPGs. And still is.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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