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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2910457, member: 112&quot;]You picked a bad coin to use as your example. I say that because the &#039;81-S Morgan, along with a few of the other early S mint Morgans, is in a somewhat special category that very few coins fall into. That category is this - these coins are graded differently than other Morgans are graded. These coins are graded using a more strict set of grading standards than other Morgans are graded with.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the comparison you&#039;re trying to make between the plus grades and regular grades - well that doesn&#039;t really work either. I say that for a couple of different reasons. 1 - plus grades have only even existed for a few years. Prior to that there was no such thing as a plus grade. So there is no way to fairly compare the number of plus grades to the number of regular grades. And that applies to all coins, not just the &#039;81-S Morgans. 2nd reason - the TPGs have changed their grading standards several times since 2004. And since they have changed their grading standards this means not all coins have been graded equally. For example, coins that were graded as AU prior to 2004 are today graded as MS. And today, just about all coins have jumped 2, 3, or even 4 grades from what they would have been graded before 2004.</p><p><br /></p><p>Given those two things you simply can&#039;t make comparisons like the ones you are trying to make.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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