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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Randy Abercrombie, post: 24859984, member: 92655&quot;]I am fortunate to have been a rabid collector of US coins since before the TPG’s and can absolutely say that yes, gradeflation is very real. We often say here on this forum, “buy the coin, not the holder”, yet we will indelibly set a value based on the holder. And it makes business sense for the TPG’s to do so. The piece I had slabbed AU58 back in 1995 will likely go MS60 or better by today’s relaxed standards, so they know that 1995 slab will likely come back for a new label….. I don’t much care for the money meat grinder that the TPG’s have turned our hobby into. As for me, I’ll continue to focus on the coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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