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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2015741, member: 15309&quot;]If you don&#039;t understand that there is a difference between expanding market grading principles that result in higher grades and actually changing the standards for what constitutes a specific numerical grade, then I don&#039;t know how to help you.</p><p><br /></p><p>My point is that what the TPG&#039;s have not made a deliberate change to what MS65 or and other numerical grade means for a given series.&nbsp; But they have greatly expanded the principles of market grading:&nbsp; eg.&nbsp; allowances for roll friction, grade bumps for exceptional eye appeal, net grading coins with grade disparity between obverse/reverse, abandoning grade limiting principles such as a single mark in focal areas etc.&nbsp; All of these have contributed to the overall rise in grades.&nbsp; But that doesn&#039;t mean that every coin graded 25 years ago is undergraded by today&#039;s standards.&nbsp; As I have stated many times, some of the most leniently graded Jefferson Nickels I have ever seen reside in old fatty NGC slabs.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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