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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 4456497, member: 112&quot;]No, absolutely not ! And I&#039;ve been saying the same thing all along.</p><p><br /></p><p>Go back to the very first post I made in this thread - </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now if coins that were 65s under the old grading system, suddenly became 63s under the new grading system - and it wasn&#039;t just those graded 65 that got downgraded it was all previously graded coins that got downgraded, I merely used 65 as an example - then how in the world could the new grading system be considered as being more liberal, more lenient ? Rather obviously it couldn&#039;t.</p><p><br /></p><p>But I think I understand why you&#039;re confused. I think it&#039;s because, like a whole lot of other people, you don&#039;t understand what market grading really is. And, you &quot;think&quot;, again like a whole lot of other people, that market grading is more liberal, more lenient, than technical grading. </p><p><br /></p><p>But that is not the case at all, the exact opposite is true ! Back when the market grading system was first created it was tougher, more strict than the pre-existing technical grading system was. Which is why all the coins got downgraded literally overnight when the market grading system was adopted in &#039;86 !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>No, from &#039;77 through mid &#039;86 technical grading is what was used. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Things didn&#039;t tighten in &#039;85 and &#039;86, things tightened in &#039;86 and &#039;87. But you got the right idea. And yes, 2004 is when the TPGs loosened the market grading standards they had been using since &#039;86-&#039;87. </p><p><br /></p><p>But 2004 wasn&#039;t the only time the TPGs loosened their grading standards, they loosened them even more after that, and then loosened them even more than the 2nd time after that ! Today, TPG grading standards are but a pale shadow of what they were from &#039;86-&#039;87 through 2003. </p><p><br /></p><p>Think of it like this with 10 being high (tough) and 1 being low (loose). From &#039;86-&#039;87 TPG grading standards were a 10. In 2004 they dropped to an 8.5, after that to 7.5, and after that to 6.5, maybe even a 6.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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