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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;vavet, post: 361670, member: 11630&quot;]Cladking,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I understand the concept of market grading as it forms a significant part of my distain for the alleged professional grading services. Clearly, market grading is designed to increase profit by grade inflation which flies in the face of having so called standards period! There are no standards when a coins grade changes as a result of the collecting/investing publics willingness to accept what is presented to them.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Such manipulation of so called standards begs the question; is the cent in question graded based on it&#039;s own merits of quality or was it graded based on what the registry part of the &quot;market&quot; will accept. Not having seen the coin, I am only posing the question along with some facts to suggest that that particular question should be asked.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Prior to slabbing, coins that were market graded during a hot market would be downgradd once things cooled off. With slabs, those inflated grades are on the slab to stay, and with the collecting mentality of today, alot of collectors are going to get stiffed in the future if they don&#039;t get a handle on what is at play here.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Perhaps it might help to know that I am a firm believer of having one set of rules and having them apply to everyone.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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