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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 5124559, member: 24314&quot;]Fact:&nbsp; Professional coin grading is a big GAME.&nbsp; However, most collectors are lucky that game exists.&nbsp; I&#039;ll bet many <span style="color: #660000">knowledgeable</span> dealers wish it did not; yet many <span style="color: #b30000">knowledgeable </span>dealers and auction houses like it.&nbsp; Ignorant dealers, that includes all who would not exist for long w/o TPG, need the game.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve worked at five different authentication services (at four we graded coins for the public).&nbsp; I can honestly say that I don&#039;t agree with many coins that have been graded.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>baseball21, posted: &quot;Standards ALWAYS change <b><i><span style="color: #b30000">as more information is learned</span></i></b>.&nbsp; Everything changes as more information is learned over time. </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">This <b><i>WAS</i></b> the biggest bunch of <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie96" alt=":vomit:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> weasel crap I&#039;ve ever heard in the past.&nbsp; Unfortunately these are the <span style="color: #b30000"><b>EXACT</b></span> words I heard at one major TPGS.</span>&nbsp; <span style="color: #660066">Grading a coin was always straight forward <b>UNTIL VALUE</b> entered the equation. </span> <span style="color: #660066">Grading has changed because that&#039;s exactly the way the TPGS and coin market wanted it. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span> </p><p><br /></p><p>GoldFinger1969, posted: &quot;I mean, the change from technical to market grading seems to have happened overnight without any formal announcement, etc.&quot; </p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">It actually took a while because the non-dealers in the two main grading services at the time were grading coins by their <i>condition of preservation</i> rather than their <b><i>VALUE</i></b>.&nbsp; Thus, a coin&#039;s technical grade was virtually meaningless in the market and much TOO STRICT!</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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