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Message:: [QUOTE="BooksB4Coins, post: 1393106, member: 36230"]Fine coin for that price (3CN) As for the TPG/liberal question, in some cases I agree and others not. This is why I asked which types you were referring to as all depends on the coin and type. There are coins that the TPGs are actually tougher on now than in the past. Third party grading is nothing more than a game. Understanding how each company grades X coin type and submitting accordingly (knowing how to play the game) is key. Have I ever seen a four-tick upgrade? Yes, just as I've seen the opposite occur. While many coins that once resided in rattlers, no-lines, OGH, white ANACS, etc have upgraded, a sizable percentage have not. Whatever leniency people believe they see has more to do with market acceptability than a TPG having lax standards. The TPGs possess great power over this hobby, but they are businesses which need to keep their customers happy in order to stay in business. Had most collectors not accepted the grade-flation that has affected certain types today, this would be a non-issue. An AU58 that is a true slider and market graded low MS is or can be understandable, but with a lightly circulated AU58 it is not. In most cases I agree with you on today's standards versus standards of the past. However, the blanket belief many people possess that all grading is more lenient today is simply not true.[/QUOTE]