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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Kirkuleez, post: 1444983, member: 36864&quot;]This thread has not been hijacked.&nbsp; The discussion going on here is exactly what was intended.&nbsp; I didn&#039;t realize that Paul and Doug have had this discussion in the past, or I would have avoided bringing it up again.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>It is clear, however, that I think we can all agree that the grades given to coins in the early days of TPGs were for whatever reason somewhat lower than what the same coin could get graded as today. Perhaps I inaccurately viewed this as a loosening of standards rather than gradeflation due to market prices or any other factor.&nbsp; But there is the problem, we can&#039;t price or value these coins the same way based on the grade on a slab.&nbsp; It would have been easier on collectors if they would have continued to grade coins the in the same way.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure the market prices would have followed, there was no reason for NGC or PCGS to change the way that they operated.&nbsp; PQ coins from every generation of slabs have and will always command a premium.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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