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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;okbustchaser, post: 2315251, member: 72642&quot;]What you are describing isn&#039;t gradeflation but rather a result of gradeflation--the continuing degradation of grading standards.&nbsp;&nbsp; What was once a solid MS 64 is now considered a weak 65... AU coins with rub are now MS with &quot;stacking friction&quot;...what was once an XF is now an AU (often an upper number AU).</p><p><br /></p><p>The usual example that I use to demonstrate the phenomenon (bought in 1987)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/bustchaser/6e_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v395/bustchaser/4e_3.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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