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<p>[QUOTE="calcol, post: 24486630, member: 77639"]Before they changed their policy to grade never decreasing and if the grade went down, they would pay you the market value difference between the old grade and new lower grade. I’ve heard this did occur for some folks, but never did for me. I never had a coin go down in grade. Most of my regrades were returned with the same grade. The the ones that went up were in older holders.</p><p><br /></p><p>The ability to resend coins for grading again, whether regrades or reconsideration (these are different), with no monetary risk has a ratcheting effect on distribution of grades in the pop reports. It gradually pushes coins into higher grades. Grade inflation by this method has existed almost as long at TPGs have.</p><p><br /></p><p>At some point, the process will slow. There is a limit to how far a coin can go upscale even with numerous regradings. We’re not there yet though. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="calcol, post: 24486630, member: 77639"]Before they changed their policy to grade never decreasing and if the grade went down, they would pay you the market value difference between the old grade and new lower grade. I’ve heard this did occur for some folks, but never did for me. I never had a coin go down in grade. Most of my regrades were returned with the same grade. The the ones that went up were in older holders. The ability to resend coins for grading again, whether regrades or reconsideration (these are different), with no monetary risk has a ratcheting effect on distribution of grades in the pop reports. It gradually pushes coins into higher grades. Grade inflation by this method has existed almost as long at TPGs have. At some point, the process will slow. There is a limit to how far a coin can go upscale even with numerous regradings. We’re not there yet though. :( Cal[/QUOTE]
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