With grading standards being so tight, do you prefer older or newer holders?

keets

With grading standards being so tight, do you prefer older or newer holders?

if technology available today allows PCGS to make a determination not possible 10-20 years ago, does that mean the Grading Standard has changed??

TPRC

older, no question, generally speaking

lkenefic

I think I'll still buy the coin, regardless of the age of the slab.

That said, I think there are more accurately graded coins in older slabs. ...or at least they were before they were cracked

Bear

Chris, the grade on those jelly donuts is YUM-70.

melvin289

From what I read over the last few years the grading standards have changed for a couple of reasons. With so many historians and research being done on old mint records there is more information available now on how the coins were made. By this I am speaking of metal flow during the coining process. How many coins were minted with a die. Some dies just don't make sharp coins. Being a classic Commem collector I am referring to the Monroe and Sesqui for example. The 35-D Texas has some prooflike examples out there. All this is now taken into consideration during grading. To me this should be good. If a known die set made weak or flat coins it should be considered while grading the coins.

Ron