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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Skyman, post: 3436153, member: 28299&quot;]I personally agree that MS64 is too low.</p><p><br /></p><p>Actually I would call it an indictment of PCGS&#039;s grading of the Franklin series over the last decade.&nbsp; At one point in time, 20 - 30 years ago, PCGS graded Franklins correctly.&nbsp; IMO they have consistently overgraded Franklins by roughly 1 point over the last 10 - 15 years or so.&nbsp; Oftentimes they have overgraded them by 2 points if the toning is nice.&nbsp; FROM THE IMAGES PROVIDED I stick by my original grade on the coin of a MS65.&nbsp; I thought PCGS would give it an MS66FBL, so I&#039;m well within statistical bounds of their MS66+FBL grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>As an owner of earlier correctly graded PCGS (and NGC too for that matter) Franklins it PISSES ME OFF that when it eventually comes time to sell the coins, that I&#039;ll have to crack them and resubmit them to maximize my return.&nbsp; Needless to say, I think this is a deliberate (if unspoken) subplot of the whole gradeflation arc that the TPG&#039;s have gone on over the last decade or two.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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