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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 89369, member: 112&quot;]But it doesn&#039;t, it says the opposite. If a coin is sent in for grading 5 times, and all 5 times it is returned with the same grade on the slab - that says the grading is pretty consistent and that they DO agree.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although upgrades, and downgrades, do happen - they don&#039;t happen often. Not nearly as often as most people think. Percentage wise I would estimate it is less than 5%. That means the TPG&#039;s are consistent and DO agree on the grade 95% + of the time. That&#039;s pretty good in my opinion.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is a given. I do understand why they don&#039;t agree on a standard - it&#039;s what sets them apart from all the others, makes them each unique. And they need to be unique, each in their own way - if they hope to stay in business. And since being in business is the point of their existence - they stay unique.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course to me this is the crux of the issue. For if the TPG&#039;s did all agree to accept one set of standards - then grading as a whole would become much more consistent, even among different companies. But in a business sense it would remove all competition - there would be nothing to set one company apart from the other. And they fear this would cause them a loss of business.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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