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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2019586, member: 15309&quot;]I used the same numbers you did, I just transposed them into a spreadsheet.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>It is apparent that you have never heard the expression &quot;dig your own grave!&quot;&nbsp; Put down the shovel man, you passed 6 feet a long time ago.&nbsp; All of the rows on the 2003 population report add up perfectly.&nbsp; If you need proof, simply compare them to the top left corner of my spreadsheet where you will see they match my totals exactly.&nbsp; And just to be clear, the only numbers I input in my spreadsheet were the actual data.&nbsp; The totals are calculated via a simple sum formula.&nbsp; If you don&#039;t believe me, I can attach a copy of the spreadsheet to the thread.&nbsp; That said, the totals from 2006 do not add up.&nbsp; I really don&#039;t know what you are trying to prove, but to insinuate that PCGS deliberately created columns and rows with incorrect totals is utterly ridiculous.&nbsp; They made 2 obvious errors on one page:&nbsp; they claim that moderns are not included when the data clearly shows that they are and they couldn&#039;t even add their numbers correctly.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t care about the validity of the marketing campaign they use on the cover of their population reports.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t relevant to what we are talking about.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So you think that a 38% increase in the MS66 grade in just 2 years is HUGE huh?&nbsp; You just pointed out that in 2003, PCGS graded a total of 8 million coins.&nbsp; You also pointed out that in 2006, PCGS graded a total of 12 million coins.&nbsp; That is a 50% increase in the total number of coins graded, yet the number of MS66 coins only increased by 38%.&nbsp; Do you even understand that those numbers hurt your case?</p><p><br /></p><p>Furthermore, I specifically showed you that the totals provided by PCGS in 2006 were incorrect.&nbsp; You not only agreed that they were incorrect, you went on to say they were supposed to be incorrect, but now you want to use them in your argument.&nbsp; If you look at my spreadsheet, the correct total for the MS66 grade in 2006 is 508,882 instead of 535,995 which yields and increase of 31% not 38%.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All that you have done is show that you don&#039;t possess the ability to analyze data.&nbsp; If you were to walk into a corporate meeting with the analysis you have provided above, you would be cleaning out your desk by the end of the day. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can&#039;t simply look at total increases over a period of time and make any usefull analysis.&nbsp; The only way to analyze data such as this is to compare increases over time as a percentage of total.&nbsp; I provided that analysis for you in a very easy to read spreadsheet.&nbsp; If you are having trouble understanding the spreadsheet, feel free to ask.</p><p><br /></p><p>But you are right, the data shows what it shows, and it&#039;s pretty hard to argue with.&nbsp; It shows that the overall increase as a % of total for the MS66 grade is 0.44%.&nbsp; That is simply not a big enough increase to conclude that PCGS loosened their standards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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