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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 68060, member: 112&quot;]Well, I&#039;ll kinda disagree with that. In the first place, in the new book the ANA flat out states that they are not changing or creating the standards - that they are merely reporting what standards are currently being used in the marketplace. Marketplace can be defined as the top grading companies, coin dealers and the majority of collectors.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the second place - these changes in the grading standards didn&#039;t just happen overnight. They have been occuring gradually over the past quite a few years. When was the first time you heard the term gradeflation mentioned ? That means it started before the year 2000.</p><p><br /></p><p>So what&#039;s that mean ? That means that those coins already graded as VF - if submitted again today - will come right back still graded as VF. At least if they have been slabbed in the last 6 or 7 years. Now one graded 10 years ago - it might have a chance at an upgrade. But then that explains why we have been seeing all the upgrades for the past several years. </p><p><br /></p><p>The change already took place folks. Only difference is - now it&#039;s recorded in a book.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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