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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;KSorbo, post: 2019566, member: 56370&quot;]Actually the data is easy to argue with, as it shows that there were 661,496 pre-1965 classic coins graded MS69 by PCGS as of 2005.&nbsp; So far I&#039;ve identified a grand total of 63 of these that have been sold to date on Heritage and not even all of them were graded by PCGS, so where are all the others?&nbsp; If there really are over 600,000 of them then shouldn&#039;t completed auction reports be full of them?</p><p><br /></p><p>The data shows what it shows, which is that there was a large influx of modern coins certified during a 2 year period, hence the large increase in higher grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>I respect your and other CT members&#039; experience and expertise which is why I started this thread to begin with.&nbsp; Grading is subjective which means that a lot of the information is anecdotal.&nbsp; If you are saying that you personally have observed a trend of looser standards over the past several years, then I consider that to be more valid than my own observations, since you have looked at a lot more coins than I have.&nbsp; I just don&#039;t think that the particular data set you presented makes a good case.</p><p><br /></p><p>Therefore I would like to propose making the data set more narrow.&nbsp; Why can&#039;t we take a particular classic coin series such as Morgan Dollars and make a year to year comparison of PCGS populations for each grade?&nbsp; For instance, if the overall certified population of Morgans increased by 20% in a 2 year period and this increase was concentrated disproportionately in the higher grades, then that would definitely point more conclusively to grade inflation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Maybe somebody has this type of data at their disposal?&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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