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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 1867044, member: 5233&quot;]I think...at least for me, the reason it can be hard to see a more recent change in the grading standards is it&#039;s difficult to date the slabs unless you have the proper references.&nbsp; And unfortunately, those references can be hard to come by.&nbsp; I know that a OGH is clearly an early PCGS slab, but once they go beyond that they look a lot more similar.&nbsp; I know that the standards the TPGs use today are different from the standards they used in the 1980s, but I find it hard to distinguish slabs from 2000 and 2013 without good reference materials.&nbsp; If you can&#039;t distinguish them...it&#039;s hard to see a decrease in grading standards.&nbsp; This might be easy for people who are experts when it comes to the TPG...but for someone like me who cares more about the coin it can be difficult.</p><p><br /></p><p>I do recall when PCGS basically refused to grade coins as 70s...I seem to remember at the time some thought this is why they were a better TPG than NGC, because NGC would bestow the grade.&nbsp; I do agree that no coin is perfect...that is why I said the TPGs &quot;redefined what a &quot;perfect&quot; coin is&quot; so they label them as 70s.&nbsp; To those who don&#039;t know any better, a 70 is a completely flawless (or perfect) coin. </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally have never bought a coin with a 70 grade.&nbsp; The coins that typically get 70s (mostly modern commemorative coins) don&#039;t really interest me and if I were to buy a graded ASE I would buy a 69 as I can&#039;t see the difference and won&#039;t pay the 70 premium for something that I can&#039;t see.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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