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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2017235, member: 112&quot;]Here&#039;s a couple more articles on the subject for you - </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=7491" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=7491" rel="nofollow">http://numismaster.com/ta/numis/Article.jsp?ad=article&amp;ArticleId=7491</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/forget_what_you_know_with_ms61" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/forget_what_you_know_with_ms61" rel="nofollow">http://www.numismaticnews.net/article/forget_what_you_know_with_ms61</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Those are articles where the entire article is about the subject of TPGs changing grading standards. The following links though are articles written, or have comments in them, made by recognized and respected people in the hobby. Some are dealers, some are numismatic authors, some are noted collectors. And while the subjects of the articles are obviously <u>not</u> about the TPGs over-grading, the authors do talk about or mention how often they seen coins graded by the TPGs that are over-graded, or even coins that are graded but should not have been graded, in other words problem coins in regular slabs. Among the authors of these articles are people like Laura Sperber, Greg Reynolds, Dave Bowers, Reid Goldsborough, Rick Snow, Doug Winter, Mark Ferguson, the list goes on.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now rather than list all of the individual links, for there are many, I&#039;m using the links from searches that will bring up some of these articles.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/?s=over-graded" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/?s=over-graded" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinweek.com/?s=over-graded</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/?s=overgraded" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/?s=overgraded" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinweek.com/?s=overgraded</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coinweek.com/?s=gradeflation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coinweek.com/?s=gradeflation" rel="nofollow">http://www.coinweek.com/?s=gradeflation</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The point of all this Paul is to illustrate what I have said for years, that I am far, far, from being the only person who is of the opinion that the TPGs routinely over-grade coins. And have done so for years now. Now you may not respect my opinion on the subject, you may not even respect the opinions of these people. But there are a great many in the hobby who do respect their opinions.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, all of this said, these links only represent a small portion of what has been written and said by respected names in numismatics over the past 10 years on the subject of TPG over-grading. Those 3 links above, those are from just a single source. And most of what has written in Coin World and Numismatic News over the last 10 years isn&#039;t even available on the internet anymore.</p><p><br /></p><p>But no doubt you will scoff and say that none of this proves anything either. So be it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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