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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;OldDan, post: 68000, member: 1872&quot;]Answer to you question Cave Troll;</p><p><br /></p><p>You have hit the nail on the head Speedy.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess that if there is a conflict of interest it may be in the fact that Whitman publishing holds the copyrights to the “Official ANA Grading Standards for the United States Coins”, and as such has complete control over the content of the publication.</p><p><br /></p><p>ANA either gave, sold, swapped or traded away the book and all that goes with it, for what ever reason only known by ANA and Whitman. This is the new standard by which all coins are currently being graded.&nbsp; It in effect makes a Fine condition coin into what could be graded a VF coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now ask yourself if you are one of those collectors who has a Fine coin in a slab already, and reads this so called “standard” that says it could be a VF if graded&nbsp; by today&#039;s (gradeflation) standards.&nbsp; How many of these will be broken out and resubmitted for regradeing by a 3PG company (such as ANACS).&nbsp; Around here they call this priming the pump, or salting!</p><p><br /></p><p>Yes, I think this could be a conflict of interest!&nbsp; And yes, I think the ANA is in on it all the way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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