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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;gmarguli, post: 5720336, member: 246&quot;]Ignoring the prices you posted, the grade differences may not be out of line.</p><p><br /></p><p>What grading standards was the auction company using in 1974? Were they using EAC grading standards? If so, they could have easily looked at a coin that may have a tiny bit of wear and downgraded it to EF45. </p><p><br /></p><p>Today that tiny bit of wear would be viewed as not fully struck or light friction and given a Mint State grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can also find coins that went the other direction. I recall seeing lots of coins graded MS/PR70 in auction catalogs, but today they are in slabs at several grade points lower. And tons of coins called &quot;Gems&quot; that are in low MS slabs now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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