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Message:: [QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1767423, member: 15309"]Count me in the group of people who does not believe there has been a deliberate loosening of the grading standards.  My contention is that resubmissions over time have led to gradeflation which is perceived by the collector base as a change in standards.   That said, I do believe that the TPG's have incorporated and expanded certain aspects of market grading that they did not employ at their inception.  For example, coins with rainbow toning are much more likely to get a higher grade today due to exceptional eye appeal than they would have gotten in the 80's and 90's.[/QUOTE]