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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4491670, member: 24314&quot;]Good question.&nbsp; I think there are several reasons.&nbsp; The main reason is that grading standards were changed BY COIN DEALERS.&nbsp; The early TPGS were blown out of the water by PCGS and NGC.&nbsp; Both started out fairly strict but it didn&#039;t last.&nbsp; Prices for coins went up and collectors were told MS coins were the best.&nbsp; There are not enough &quot;true&quot; MS coins to go around in some series such as $3.&nbsp; Additionally, us old guys are dying out.&nbsp; In another ten years, no one will be alive who graded coins when MS = NO TRACE OF WEAR.</p><p><br /></p><p>The buyer and their PERSONAL grading standard is still in charge.&nbsp; That coin should&nbsp; not be an AU-58 by anyone&#039;s standard.&nbsp; Unfortunately, we can find many, many examples of over graded coins such as this in every major TPGS slab and every type of coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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