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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1446353, member: 26302&quot;]So, if you don&#039;t know how coins were graded except in the short time frame TPG have been in existence, how do you interpret past prices Paul? How do you interpret past condition census&#039;? Should we just ignore/lose this knowledge of our hobby built up over centuries before the TPG came to &quot;save&quot; us from ourselves?</p><p><br /></p><p>So, I am curious. Do you really believe a PCGS grader giving a Jeff 3 seconds attention is grading that coin better than you can Paul? </p><p><br /></p><p>Btw, you say people are obligated to use the standards employed by the TPGers. Which ones? 1988 standards, mid 90&#039;s, today? I can assure you they are very different grading standards, especially for certain grades. So which ones is the market &quot;obligated&quot; to use? This is why I prefer to learn to grade myself, and judge a coin according to real standards that have not changed. If I am happy with the coin based on those standards, I will buy it, (and more often than not fire up the bandsaw).</p><p><br /></p><p>I admit I am lucky since I only collect. However, all of us here are buyers of coins. Why aren&#039;t all of us free to grade the coins ourselves? Why are any of us &quot;obligated&quot; to use TPG grades that demonstrably change over time?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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