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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;19Lyds, post: 1350096, member: 15929&quot;]I;m sorry Doug but you CANNOT exclude specific data when making specific comparisons regardless of how many or how few months the sampling is taken from.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of the increase in 2004 and 2005, how many of that total number were actually 2004 and 2005 coins vs how many were from years 1986 - 2003?</p><p><br /></p><p>Random, unqualified numbers is just that.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, how many coins were graded in 1986 - 2003 and how many were graded in 2004 - 2005?</p><p><br /></p><p>Up until a couple of years ago, no 1971-S Eisenhower Business Strike Dollars had graded MS68 yet today there are 2.</p><p><br /></p><p>Better yet, on 1/6/2006 the 1971-S Silver IKE Populations were:</p><p><br /></p><p>MS60 - 1</p><p>MS61 - 0</p><p>MS62 - 9</p><p>MS63 - 79</p><p>MS64 - 711</p><p>MS65 - 1579</p><p>MS66 - 1312</p><p>MS67 - 192</p><p>MS68 - 0</p><p><br /></p><p>On 10/4/2008 the pops were:</p><p><br /></p><p>MS60 - 1</p><p>MS61 - 0</p><p>MS62 - 12</p><p>MS63 - 103</p><p>MS64 - 836</p><p>MS65 - 1812</p><p>MS66 - 1835</p><p>MS67 - 313</p><p>MS68 - 2</p><p><br /></p><p>Thats close to a 3 year period with some big increases in the higher grades. Is it because PCGS changed their standards or is it because more folks started submitting only what they felt were higher graded coins?</p><p><br /></p><p>I am in no way disputing your claims but the figures that were presented need to be qualified before they make any sense other than the populations increased. The question of &quot;why&quot; they increased needs to be addressed other than simply because you feel that the grading standards changed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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