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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2885552, member: 112&quot;]Oddly enough you&#039;re using the same argument that the TPGs themselves espouse - oh, we grade everything &quot;differently&quot; now because we&#039;ve learned so much more than we used to know&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Now I&#039;ll grant you that a lot of people have learned a lot of things since the turn of the century. But - none of those things have anything to do with how a coin should be graded. There hasn&#039;t been anything &quot;new&quot; learned about grading coins in over 30 years ! Especially when you consider that the only changes the TPGs have made in regard to grading is to loosen their grading standards and grade coins more leniently than they did before - every single time that they change their grading standards ! And make no mistake, they have changed them, loosened them, several times.</p><p><br /></p><p>Would it not be reasonable that if changing grading standards were based on &quot;learning new knowledge&quot; that it would go both ways ? That at least some coins would be graded more strictly, and that some would still be graded the same ? </p><p><br /></p><p>But that is not the case at all. Coins are being graded more leniently across the board. Coins that used to be 63s are 65s today, some of them are even 66s. Coins that used to be 64s are 66s or 67s today. Coins that used to be XF are AU today, and coins that used to be AU are MS today. And that is because the TPGs have suddenly &quot;learned new knowledge&quot; ? </p><p><br /></p><p>Coins with obvious wear on them do not suddenly become MS because somebody has learned something new. Coins covered with contact marks do not suddenly become MS65 because somebody has learned something new. Coins that are scratched, corroded, or otherwise damaged do not suddenly become gradable when they never were before because somebody learned something new.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gimme a break ! It&#039;s an excuse - nothing more. And a very poor one at that ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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