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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 716046, member: 13650&quot;]Great question stainless.&nbsp;&nbsp; I like going by the ANA standards.&nbsp; They were originally intended for everyone, including the TPGs to use.&nbsp; The TPGs chose to loosen the standards a bit over time.&nbsp; Maybe to make people feel better and want to submit more coins?&nbsp; Right or wrong, that&#039;s what has happened.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; FWIW, the ANA 6th E. says for a brief period in the 90s, the TPGs were using computers to analyze coins and assign the grades.&nbsp;&nbsp; Something to think about if you see an anamoly in one of those older slabs.&nbsp; &nbsp; They thought that was the wave of the future but used them for a short time and then decided that people couldn&#039;t be replaced in the grading process.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; To me, it&#039;s almost like an umpire calling balls and strikes in a baseball game.&nbsp; Do they get it exactly right every time?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; Can they possibly?&nbsp; No.&nbsp; But most people would rather accept their call than leave it up to video and machines.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Now, would you rather have somebody off the street who knows very little about the game umpiring a game?&nbsp; Or would you rather have somebody who has been doing it for over 20 years?&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;As was stated, the TPGs have looked at far more coins than most of us ever will.&nbsp; So why should we be an authority on or be a big factor in changing the grading scale?</p><p>&nbsp; They may still make a mistake from time to time, but do you value their opinion or a random person&#039;s opinion who may not even be familiar with a series, let alone the grading scale?</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The TPGs are as close to experts as we have.&nbsp; If they shift the grading scale you pretty much have to live with it.&nbsp;&nbsp; It will always be a shifting thing over long periods of time.&nbsp; Nobody should assume that they&#039;re working towards or have almost gotten to the point where grading is a science and there are no more fluctuations.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t think it can ever happen.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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