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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2085627, member: 59677&quot;]Being able to grade coins and choosing what numerical value to put on the slab are different things. Being able to accurately attribute coins to their various die states and with their various markers is something else. A given individual may have zero, one, two or all three skills.</p><p><br /></p><p>Standards too vary - you see this defined a lot of different ways, &quot;we grade to strict ANA but the market is different&quot; is a common refrain. Grade-flation is another. 75 is the new 70 is my crack. About one individual it was once said &quot;X can grade - you have to be able to grade to always be able to put a number 2 points higher on the slab&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>What is really interesting is that the very people accused of inflating grades 20 years ago? Well those coin grades are now considered market grades![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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