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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1598528, member: 29751&quot;]Even the ANA standards are wrought with vague descriptions like &quot;minor&quot;, &quot;few&quot;, &quot;major&quot;, etc.&nbsp; Two equally experienced and knowledgeable persons with the ANA standards at their fingertips can still easily grade the same coin differently.&nbsp; IT all depends on their interpretation of these vague descriptions.&nbsp; So, as I stated before, even though the ANA standard exists, it is not a formulaic, stable, repeatable standard.&nbsp; There is plenty of room for personal interpretation to skew a grade by up to probably 2 points.&nbsp; So while you may be consistent over time to yourself, when the &quot;gold standard&quot; is an ill-defined moving target, accuracy is not possible.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have heard your &quot;before 2004&quot; and &quot;after 2004&quot; TPG rant dozens of times.&nbsp; I simply don&#039;t buy it that there was a massive shift of grading around a single year.&nbsp; And, unfortunately, it is personal anecdotes like yours that get repeated over and over again by people who don&#039;t know any better, and eventually lead to an established &quot;truth&quot; supported by no evidence.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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