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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Sundance79, post: 2612542, member: 84413&quot;]I hate to say it but I’m an old timer now and had to jump in on this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have Red Books that I bought ‘new’ going back to 1967. I remember when an uncirculated coin was just an uncirculated coin. I also remember buying what were described as ‘very nice’ uncirculated 1938-D Buffalo nickels around 1967 or 68. I still have them. Looking at them today my guess is if I sent them into PCGS I’d get a MS 67 or 68 on them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then I remember when the ‘Mint State’ was introduced and there was MS60, MS65 and MS70 or Proof.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then there was then entire controversy about the ‘in betweens’&nbsp; the MS 63 and MS 67 grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>A dealer would say, “Well it is better than a MS60 but not quite a MS65, I&#039;d call is a MS63.”</p><p><br /></p><p>Then came the complete range of MS60 - MS70.</p><p><br /></p><p>But then they added enhancements of Proof Like and Deep Mirror Proof Like.</p><p><br /></p><p>But hold on, it has gotten even better. First Strike, Signed – what’s next?</p><p><br /></p><p>How I long for those days when you could walk into just about any coin shop in American and buy a nice AU $20 gold piece for $50. Collecting was much simpler then (and cheaper!)</p><p><br /></p><p>KenF[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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