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<p>[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4138759, member: 26302"]My main collecting interests nowadays are ancients and bullion. So I haven't really seen declines. </p><p><br /></p><p>I still have my US coins from a few decades ago, but will hold onto them. They are all ungraded. I think what is happening in US coins is two-fold. One, TPG numbers are finally showing how common almost all US coins are. Second, watered down grades are having a deleterious effect. If a MS65 10 years ago is now $185, one has to ask if it is still the same grade. Is a freshly graded 65 the same quality as what was once graded a 65? The vast number of crackouts over the last few decades would lead one to believe that grades have gotten looser and looser. If they have, this would naturally lead to lower and lower coin prices.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin is a coin. A TPG can give an opinion, but a real collector will know to look at the coin, not the slab. I bet you there are coins graded 65 years ago still worth $225, its just now the grading services might call it a 65+ or a 66.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="medoraman, post: 4138759, member: 26302"]My main collecting interests nowadays are ancients and bullion. So I haven't really seen declines. I still have my US coins from a few decades ago, but will hold onto them. They are all ungraded. I think what is happening in US coins is two-fold. One, TPG numbers are finally showing how common almost all US coins are. Second, watered down grades are having a deleterious effect. If a MS65 10 years ago is now $185, one has to ask if it is still the same grade. Is a freshly graded 65 the same quality as what was once graded a 65? The vast number of crackouts over the last few decades would lead one to believe that grades have gotten looser and looser. If they have, this would naturally lead to lower and lower coin prices. A coin is a coin. A TPG can give an opinion, but a real collector will know to look at the coin, not the slab. I bet you there are coins graded 65 years ago still worth $225, its just now the grading services might call it a 65+ or a 66.[/QUOTE]
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