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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 1163143, member: 66&quot;]It comes from trying to maintain the myth that grading standards have never changed and that a grade from 1987 is exactly the same as one from 1990, or 95, or 2000, or 2005 etc.&nbsp; Now long term collectors know this isn&#039;t true and that at various times the TPG&#039;s have been looser or stricter.&nbsp; But if you don&#039;t know when a given coin was slabbed, you don&#039;t know if it was during a strict or loose period so most people just accept whatever is on the label.&nbsp; This was one of the major friction points between me and PCGS when I was writing the book and identifying when various slabs were produced.&nbsp; They did not want me identifying time periods.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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