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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1442496, member: 15309"]If grading standards have changed significantly over the last 20 years then that means that we should be able to discern which coins were graded during which era without seeing the labels. The last year of the no line fattie holders was 1995. Before that date, most people claim that the TPG's were rather conservative and much discussion takes place about the inherent value of the NGC fatties and PCGS OGH's and Rattlers. After 1995, people claim that the standards loosened and to my knowledge the collecting community considers the 5 years preceeding the inception of the CAC to be the most liberal grading era. So let's have some fun here.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am going to post photos of a group of NGC MS65 Morgan Dollars with the grade span of 1992 to 2008. After looking at each photo, please assign the appropriate slab generation to each photo. The slab generation choices are as follows:</p><p><br /></p><p>NGC 5 (1992-1995)</p><p>NGC 6 (1996)</p><p>NGC 9 (2001-2003)</p><p>NGC 17 (2004-2008)</p><p><br /></p><p>Here we go!</p><p><br /></p><p>1)</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1887NGCMS65Nolabel.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>2)</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1901-ONGCMS65Nolabel.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>3)</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1885-ONGCMS65EORNolabel.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>4)</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1884-ONGCMS65Nolabel.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>5)</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1881-SNGCMS65114369Nolabel.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>6)</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1881-SNGCMS651542036Nolabel.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>7)</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1882-SNGCMS653054131-003Nolabel.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>8)</p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1886NGCMS65Nolabel.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And before everyone starts to complain that this is rigged and that I cherrypicked the examples, I promise you that I can show you other NGC MS65's that are both better and worse than all of the examples in this thread. Furthermore, every coin was photographed by me using the exact same lighting set up so there is consistency in the photos. </p><p><br /></p><p>Good luck everybody, and hopefully someone will surprise me by admitting that they really can't tell.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 1442496, member: 15309"]If grading standards have changed significantly over the last 20 years then that means that we should be able to discern which coins were graded during which era without seeing the labels. The last year of the no line fattie holders was 1995. Before that date, most people claim that the TPG's were rather conservative and much discussion takes place about the inherent value of the NGC fatties and PCGS OGH's and Rattlers. After 1995, people claim that the standards loosened and to my knowledge the collecting community considers the 5 years preceeding the inception of the CAC to be the most liberal grading era. So let's have some fun here. I am going to post photos of a group of NGC MS65 Morgan Dollars with the grade span of 1992 to 2008. After looking at each photo, please assign the appropriate slab generation to each photo. The slab generation choices are as follows: NGC 5 (1992-1995) NGC 6 (1996) NGC 9 (2001-2003) NGC 17 (2004-2008) Here we go! 1) [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1887NGCMS65Nolabel.jpg[/IMG] 2) [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1901-ONGCMS65Nolabel.jpg[/IMG] 3) [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1885-ONGCMS65EORNolabel.jpg[/IMG] 4) [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1884-ONGCMS65Nolabel.jpg[/IMG] 5) [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1881-SNGCMS65114369Nolabel.jpg[/IMG] 6) [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1881-SNGCMS651542036Nolabel.jpg[/IMG] 7) [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1882-SNGCMS653054131-003Nolabel.jpg[/IMG] 8) [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Gradeflation/MD1886NGCMS65Nolabel.jpg[/IMG] And before everyone starts to complain that this is rigged and that I cherrypicked the examples, I promise you that I can show you other NGC MS65's that are both better and worse than all of the examples in this thread. Furthermore, every coin was photographed by me using the exact same lighting set up so there is consistency in the photos. Good luck everybody, and hopefully someone will surprise me by admitting that they really can't tell.[/QUOTE]
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