PCGS grading question

Whats the difference between a pr69dcam and a pr70dcam?

If it helps for reference please use a 2012 Jefferson s.

Looked on their website but couldn't find a definitive answer.

 

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The answer is very very little. Usually the difference between a PR-69 and 70 is a tiny break in the frost of the devices of a coin. It will usually take a jewelers loupe to find it.

 

Minor frost breaks or dings most of the time. Hard to see 'em but they be there.

 

Sometimes it's as minute as a couple of contact points on the rim that are no longer visible after its slabbed.

 

From my experience, the difference between a proof-69 and a 70 is that the 69 has a very small break in the frost somewhere on the devices. I personally think this is such a small difference that I don't even worry about it. PF69 is good enough for me.

 

Thats kinda what I was thinking and wondering if others felt the same.

 

It usually is a pinprick sized hole in the frost (like this) This coin is a 69DCAM. As you can see the arrow is pointing to a minuscule hole in the frost.

 

great example thank you.... it depicts it great

 

Nothing you can see without magnification, and usually a whole lot of money.

 

The only difference between a PR69DCAM and a PR70DCAM is the price

 

That's actually not true. If you had read the previous responses you would have seen the difference. The difference is minimal (and to many including myself is negligible)...but there is a difference.