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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 3674215, member: 15309&quot;]I wish more people thought this way.&nbsp; This is how gradeflation really happens.&nbsp; We see coins all the time that have attributes of 2 different grades.&nbsp; In some respects the coin might be MS64, but MS65 in others and we are forced to choose.&nbsp; This coin is a perfect example.</p><p><br /></p><p>At first glance, I thought the coin was MS65.&nbsp; Upon closer inspection, I thought it had just too much chatter to be a gem grade and would look better in an MS64+ or MS64 CAC holder.&nbsp; You as a different grader thought the coin was a low end MS65.&nbsp; Our opinions, while different, may only be off by at most half a grade and perhaps even as low as a quarter grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>So where does gradeflation factor in?&nbsp; If I was the original grader and graded the coin MS64+, all it takes is 3 guys like you who think the coin is MS65, and voila, the coin upgrades.&nbsp; It isn&#039;t a conscious change in standards, just inherent subjectivity that causes it.&nbsp; Over time, gradeflation has a corrosive effect that erodes away at what people perceive to be a certain grade.&nbsp; They see enough of this type of coin in an MS65 holder and it becomes the standard for the grade rather than the lucky dog that squeaked by.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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