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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 7804266, member: 13650"]Just because coins were in a mint set doesn’t automatically mean they get top tier grades. I was listening to an old coin show podcast from last year after the latest one got over (and I wasn’t done mowing yet) and they were talking about winning the grading game sending in coins from mint sets. Matt Dinger (owns coinshop in Indianapolis and co-host on the podcast) said he no longer bothers trying to find mint sets worth sending in. He doesn’t have the time and the last time he did he went through 450 sets to find one that might have a chance at the 67 grade. </p><p> So many things happen to those coins even after being in the packaging that will lower the grades. The top end grades are usually rare for a reason. They often come down with ugly toning, haze or spots while in the package from not being stored properly at some point during its lifespan.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 7804266, member: 13650"]Just because coins were in a mint set doesn’t automatically mean they get top tier grades. I was listening to an old coin show podcast from last year after the latest one got over (and I wasn’t done mowing yet) and they were talking about winning the grading game sending in coins from mint sets. Matt Dinger (owns coinshop in Indianapolis and co-host on the podcast) said he no longer bothers trying to find mint sets worth sending in. He doesn’t have the time and the last time he did he went through 450 sets to find one that might have a chance at the 67 grade. So many things happen to those coins even after being in the packaging that will lower the grades. The top end grades are usually rare for a reason. They often come down with ugly toning, haze or spots while in the package from not being stored properly at some point during its lifespan.[/QUOTE]
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