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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 4550680, member: 15309&quot;]I’m not doing that, seems like an extreme way to combat gradeflation and ensure that conditional rarities are protected.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin should stand on its own merit based on the 4 elements of grading.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Though I think we are kinda talking past each other here.&nbsp; There is a difference between assigning a grade to a coin and buying a coin that is already graded.&nbsp; In these guess they grade threads, I’m simply giving my opinion of what the TPGs thought the grade was.&nbsp; If I have personal collecting standards that differ from the TPGs that make me feel a coin is overgraded (like you do in this thread) I will definitely not buy that coin.&nbsp; And when purchasing coins, it is absolutely prudent to understand the pricing structure across the grading spectrum and know where the conditional rarity line falls.</p><p><br /></p><p>It sounds like you are advocating for what Q David Bowers calls the optimum collecting grade, which is basically the pinnacle of quality and affordability.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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