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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Leadfoot, post: 1540543, member: 2972&quot;]That&#039;s your opinion of what you think is right.&nbsp; Clearly others, to include the TPGs, disagree.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again, your opinion.&nbsp; To me, they are consistent.&nbsp;&nbsp; I say that because I can (fairly well) predict what the TPGs will grade a coin.&nbsp; You might disagree, and that&#039;s fair -- but just because you can&#039;t see it doesn&#039;t mean it&#039;s not there, and remember any subjective analysis will have some inconsistency.&nbsp; It&#039;s the nature of the beast.</p><p><br /></p><p>Who&#039;s right?&nbsp; We both are as we are providing a subjective analysis of a subjective opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Prove what?&nbsp;&nbsp; I asked a question:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;If the ANA standards are so much better, why does practically nobody use them any more?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you disputing that practically nobody uses them any more?&nbsp; If so, I suggest you go to a coin show and ask people to what standard they grade their coins.&nbsp; I submit you will find less than 1 in 10 use ANA standards (and I suspect it&#039;s far smaller than that).&nbsp; The rest will tend towards TPG standards (or EAC standards, if you happen to be talking to a copper guy).</p><p><br /></p><p>To be a bit more blunt, practically nobody outside a small contingent on this forum still holds to ANA standards.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never run into someone on the bourse that grades to the ANA standards -- but perhaps I&#039;m not looking hard enough -- and I&#039;ve never run into ANYONE who would suggest there&#039;s no such thing as a mint state St. Gaudens.</p><p><br /></p><p>But perhaps you frequent different circles than I, so please do explain why you disagree, rather than challenging me with &quot;prove it&quot;.</p><p><br /></p><p>Take care...MIke[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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