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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2564723, member: 24314&quot;]Full disclosure:&nbsp; Although there are faster and less expensive TPGS with accurate grading and better customer service than NGC or PCGS; I rate NGC overall #1.</p><p><br /></p><p>If NGC wishes to imply by this letter (true or not) that PCGS grading has gone to hell, so be it.&nbsp; The fact that they are grandfathering PCGS slabs is a &quot;class&quot; act.&nbsp; The Registry is their baby and they can do anything they wish.&nbsp; I should have kicked the PCGS snobs out of the Registry long ago for not including NGC slabs. </p><p><br /></p><p>IMO, the grading standards have &quot;<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">evolved</span> as they like to say&quot; <span style="color: rgb(179, 0, 179)">AT EVERY TPGS</span> over the past decades.&nbsp; That is an observable, not worth discussing fact and anyone who disagrees is IGNORANT.&nbsp; A STANDARD should not change; otherwise it is not a standard.&nbsp; Perhaps the NGC team is evolving slower than the rest and are trying to hold to their older &quot;standards.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #0000b3">Is it possible that a TPGS can remain accurate and consistent through the years while still changing with the times?</span>&nbsp; Yes and No.&nbsp; During specific periods of time a particular company&#039;s grading is relatively CONSISTANT.&nbsp; That is the job of a finalizer.&nbsp; Monitor the graders, teach them, and take them to the woodshed when necessary.&nbsp; The finalizer holds the line.&nbsp; When grading in the marketplace &quot;evolves,&quot; the TPGS is forced to change.&nbsp; <span style="color: #b30000">PROVABLE FACT</span>: Major changes have taken place over the decades. Minor changes go on during market swings.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any period of time, from what I observe, there are examples of over-graded, under-graded, and correctly graded coins from every major TPGS.&nbsp; IMO, most are correctly graded and the under-graded coins are &quot;fixed.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So far, I have not personally observed any major changes to the PCGS standards but Mark sees more examples than I ever will.&nbsp; Time will tell if this move is strictly a business practice or the result of actual PCGS grading practice.&nbsp; One thing is for certain, grading will continue to &quot;evolve&quot; in some way (decimals, 100 pt. system, attributes like strike, surface, etc. - the old technical system, etc).&nbsp; That&#039;s all I&#039;m posting for now...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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