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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 24681709, member: 13650&quot;]Yes, this topic has been hashed and re-hashed.&nbsp; The graders can be fairly aware of making those decisions as well.&nbsp; If there&#039;s only one or two MS-68s, there can be a reluctance to assign another unless extremely worthy. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Something else to keep in mind is that at least at NGC, coins are viewed by multiple graders and then there&#039;s&nbsp; a finalizer that gives it one last review before it goes out the door.&nbsp;&nbsp; So supposedly there&#039;s three sets of eyes on every graded coin going through and anyone can speak up and change the grade, even after it&#039;s encapsulated.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Some gradeflation takes place due to toning.&nbsp; Someone recently posted a good thread on Morgan upgrades over the years.&nbsp; One went from a MS-66 PCGS slab with a CAC sticker to a MS-68+ NGC holder recently.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; But yeah, there&#039;s always subjectivity.&nbsp; &nbsp; To me there is a lot of value of sending a raw coin through there and just getting a straight grade depending on what it is.&nbsp; &nbsp; It&#039;s hard picking out older loose coins online that haven&#039;t been messed with that will straight grade.&nbsp; You find out just about everything not in a slab has been cleaned in some way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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