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The problem with that is that grading is a spectrum. If a 1995 MS64 is a 2024 MS65, then is a 1994 MS69 a 2024 MS70? What happens to the 1994 MS70? It can't bump to MS71. Sounds more like grade … (View Post)

I may not have conveyed my concept clearly. I was suggesting that if a TPG could achieve a 3-5% overall "error" rate they would be doing well. Others have explained why the CAC approval rat… (View Post)

That's where we have to define gradeflation. My take on the definition from the forum is that it's the inclination of TPGs to grade coins increasingly more generously (or looser) over time.… (View Post)

What are some examples? Like UNC coins with significant gouges can be MS63 when formerly they were not? And would such policies always go one way (inflation) and never deflation? (View Post)

I question CAC's ability to "maintain standards" long term. CAC benefits from being new and not having millions of coins in the marketplace to compare and complain about. I would think… (View Post)