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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TypeCoin971793, post: 3250824, member: 78244&quot;]The fact that a single point difference can mean thousands of dollars in value means that changing standards are actually harmful to the hobby. But to keep people resubmitting, the standards loosen so that gradeflation becomes a thing (compare grades 30 years ago to ones today). Since PCGS does this, you automatically condone it, as evidenced by your ramblings above.</p><p><br /></p><p>Definition of “standard:”</p><p><br /></p><p>“an idea or thing used as a measure, norm, or model in comparative evaluations.”</p><p><br /></p><p>So coins are graded by PCGS or NGC, and they are set to an instantaneous standard. In theory, this should be the standard to which all other coins are compared to. But as the standard changes, coins are graded to a new standard, while the other ones stay graded to the old standard. Which is correct? Which standard should I be comparing to. Now let’s factor in the yearly cycles of tightening/loosening standards. Which are right? Which are obsolete? Which should be compared to as the standard? If the answer is “all of them”, then there is no standard; it’s completely arbitrary. If the answer is “the newest one,” then the grades of everything else becomes obsolete.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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