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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;NPCoin, post: 400342, member: 5629&quot;]Yes they do!&nbsp; It is well beyond me why anyone would choose to waste their money on changing their plastic coin holders so often.&nbsp; I would personally chose to use the money purchasing books and coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess some could say at least there is a player out there that is making this whole process much cheaper and more enticing to the collector.&nbsp; They go by the acronym of CaC.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Although not the end result CaC is looking for since they are simply a money maker anyway, and their whole existence is to make money, CaC will play a leading role in bringing this end to fruition.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I doubt this will ever happen.&nbsp; Virtually every coin in a slab may end up being over-graded by the TPG-CaC cycle, helped enormously by the Crack-enthusiasts.&nbsp; However, I believe that interpreted market forces will drive coins to downgrade (which will come with a price to PCGS) in order to provide for more resubmission fodder.</p><p><br /></p><p>Resubmission fodder will also be created through cross-overs.&nbsp; I can foresee cross-overs automatically downgrading when the scenario you give comes to fruition.</p><p><br /></p><p>It has been said that TPG grading standards have not changed over the years.&nbsp; This could be absolutely true, and there still yet be variances in grades by the same TPG for the same coin.&nbsp; Grading is subjective.&nbsp; And market influences <b>DO</b> affect the grade.&nbsp; So an MS65 today could very well be an MS64 tomorrow, while it had been an MS66 for the past five years.</p><p><br /></p><p>Grading standards do not necessarily change, but market tolerances do.&nbsp; Bring an avid collector from the 19th century and let him have his way with your prized collection. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; You may become horrified by what happens.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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