Are TPGS grades assigned to low value "Modern" coins lest strict?
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I have my opinion but I don't use TPGS. If you do please comment. I've had several dealers and even one professional grader in a class say something like: "Who cares, it's a 1988 SE." Now, that over-graded thirty-six years ago PR-70 IS SOMETHING TO CARE ABOUT. 
Do you grade moderns differently? Do you think the TPGS grade moderns less strict than they should?
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Guessing less consistently.
They are not "less strict". However, when grading a monster box of Eagles, they spend very little time on each coin.
Do you mean to include less-precious clad that I submit for some reason?
No, they’re tough on clad, maybe tougher—they’re the walk-ons on a team of draftees.
Anecdotal, please, change my perceptions if it helps me.
I’m looking at four dozen quarters from the nineties and I see inconsistency that confuses me. Just as members question the classics.
Almost every single moderns that goes in for grading has original surfaces without a trace of wear, tooling, or other ravages of time. This allows them to be more strict.
However, lots of moderns are poorly made by poorly adjusted worn dies and this is often overlooked.
No