So...Where Did MS70 Come From...

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  1. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    yes
     
    Kentucky, Jan 12, 2018
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  3. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    The original mintstate grades were MS-60, 63, 65, 67 and the impossible 70.
     
    TheFinn, Jan 12, 2018
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  4. mikenoodle

    mikenoodle The Village Idiot Supporter

    You are correct in the fact that I missed 60, but I was earlier corrected my Doug who stated:
    Doug’s information is more accurate.
     
    mikenoodle, Jan 12, 2018
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  5. Hommer

    Hommer Curator of Semi Precious Coinage

    I just as soon not have to have a formula to figure out the grade from one scale to the next. Had enough Celsius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin to last 2 lifetimes.
     
    Hommer, Jan 12, 2018
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  6. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    1977.
     
    GDJMSP, Jan 13, 2018
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  7. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    For which? I'm not finding anything before 1986
     
    baseball21, Jan 13, 2018
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  8. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    That's because you're only looking at NGC and PCGS. But before either one of them ever existed there was another game in town - ANACS. And in 1977 there were only THREE MS grades - 60, 65, and 70. And ANACS graded many coins as a 70.
     
    GDJMSP, Jan 13, 2018
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  9. baseball21

    baseball21 Well-Known Member

    I'd give those as asterisk, I can't consider it grading with only three grades everything is getting rounded too
     
    baseball21, Jan 13, 2018
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  10. Conder101

    Conder101 Numismatist

    I've never seen an early ANACS certificate that graded anything MS-70. I would be surprised if ANACS graded anything as a 70 until sometime in the 1990's, possibly even later.
     
    Conder101, Jan 13, 2018
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  11. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    You merely making a personal choice. At the time, those WERE the only MS grades that existed. And those graded as 70 were the first coins graded 70. My response is an accurate answer to the question that was asked.
     
    GDJMSP, Jan 13, 2018
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