Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2453143, member: 112&quot;]Of course it counts. And yes they were definitely grading using a much tighter set of standards - the same one they used for the first 20 years they were in business.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh I agree they&#039;ve evolved alright <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; They&#039;ve loosened them, and loosened them, and then loosened them some more - all so they could keep on getting people to send in coins for upgrades - because they ran out of coins to grade. Other than moderns and new issues of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for learned more about grading- HORSE PUCKEY ! Have they, or could they, learn more about varieties and stuff like that ? Yeah, they could, maybe even about how to identify counterfeits. But that doesn&#039;t have anything to do with grading. Knowing how to recognize wear on a coin, knowing how to quantify the quality of the luster or quality of strike, knowing how to see hairlines, contact marks, and defects/flaws - people in numismatics have known how to do all of that since before the TPGs existed. So no, they have not learned any more about grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>What they have learned is that people will continue to believe their nonsense as long as they keep upgrading coins - and pay them to do it to boot !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That&#039;s one possibility, but both NGC and PCGS have said no to 100 point grading. Personally, I believe they will do a complete about face and return to the same strict standards they used for the first 20 years they were in business.</p><p><br /></p><p>It will in effect be history repeating itself just like it was in 1986/87 when all 65s became 63s literally overnight. And by doing that, going back to the strict grading standards - all coins currently in slabs will of course need to be re-graded and put in new slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>They don&#039;t have much choice is they want to continue to get submissions, for they have all but run out of coins to upgrade once again.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in