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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;princeofwaldo, post: 7689620, member: 24091&quot;]It&#039;s not the older holder that generates the premium bid, it&#039;s the much more conservative grading associated with the era it was graded in.&nbsp; Especially if the lower graded coin has a CAC sticker, --but even without one for world coins.&nbsp; The phenomenon is especially pronounced for 18th century copper coins.&nbsp; So many of them belong in details graded holders but aren&#039;t, and when comparing coins graded 30 years ago to what gets in a holder now days, there are often (certainly not always) coins even several grades lower that out-peform higher graded more recently graded examples at auction, and toning or color has nothing to do with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for plus grades, you are probably right, especially amongst registry set enthusiasts who are more concerned with the grade than the coin contained within.&nbsp; But that doesn&#039;t change the fact that it was a gimmick from the very outset meant to generate additional grading fees.&nbsp; There wasn&#039;t any clamor for it from collectors before being introduced by the services.&nbsp; My favorite being lower graded coins with a + in grades like an AU53+ ,,,..as if such precision were a measurable thing at that level.&nbsp; Why don&#039;t they just call it an AU54?&nbsp; Would make about as much sense.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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