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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2565001, member: 112&quot;]In my book, no it cannot. Consistent means unchanging so how can it change and be consistent at the same time ? And given the way he used those two sentences there really is only one way to interpret them. He&#039;s saying NGC&#039;s grading standards have not changed and other TPG grading standards have changed.</p><p><br /></p><p>I disagree with that completely ! Every TPG has changed their grading standards, and the proof of it is so obvious that it is beyond any and all doubt. Has been for years now. </p><p><br /></p><p>He even points to the same sources that I&#039;ve used. Sources I&#039;ve posted right here on this forum many years ago and then been told by some of the so called &quot;knowledgeable members&quot; that I was flat out wrong, that I didn&#039;t know what I was talking about. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course I understand why, always have. People just don&#039;t want to believe it, many still don&#039;t. Because if they do believe it then they have to acknowledge that many of the coins in their collections are over-graded, some drastically so. And that&#039;s a hard pill to swallow - for several reasons.</p><p><br /></p><p>I also said long ago that eventually grading standards will change yet again. That the TPGs will go back to using the much stricter grading standards they used in the old days. And it will happen quite suddenly. It will be a prime example of history repeating itself. The same scenario that took place in 1986 when MS65 coins became MS63 coins literally overnight. And that change was hailed by virtually everybody in numismatics as being the saving grace of the hobby. I expect that will happen again too, just like it did 30 years ago.</p><p><br /></p><p>These things, I have no doubt will occur, none at all. The one thing I am still doubtful about, but would absolutely love to see, would be the adoption of a single unified grading standard accepted, used, and followed by all. And all means everyone, the TPGs, collectors, dealers - all of us ! Something I have been preaching about, begging for, since the turn of the century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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