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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4113769, member: 10461"]MS67 only counts if it's certified by a top-tier TPG (third-party grading service) like PCGS or NGC. For modern business strike coins, let's say hypothetically that it's literally one in a million, if not one in <i>ten</i> million, that makes the top grade at a TPG.</p><p><br /></p><p>Your chances of making an MS67 are infinitesimally small. Despite the blurriness of the photo I can see marks on that coin which would hold it down to no better than MS63 or so.</p><p><br /></p><p>OK, so let's hypothetically say you did pay your money and sent your coin off for professional grading and actually <i>got</i> a condition-census rarity like an MS67 in a series where such grades are seldom seen. You're still not necessarily going to get the big payday. Those priceguides are wildly inflated and need to be taken with an <i>enormous</i> grain of salt, <i>especially</i> for modern coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 4113769, member: 10461"]MS67 only counts if it's certified by a top-tier TPG (third-party grading service) like PCGS or NGC. For modern business strike coins, let's say hypothetically that it's literally one in a million, if not one in [I]ten[/I] million, that makes the top grade at a TPG. Your chances of making an MS67 are infinitesimally small. Despite the blurriness of the photo I can see marks on that coin which would hold it down to no better than MS63 or so. OK, so let's hypothetically say you did pay your money and sent your coin off for professional grading and actually [I]got[/I] a condition-census rarity like an MS67 in a series where such grades are seldom seen. You're still not necessarily going to get the big payday. Those priceguides are wildly inflated and need to be taken with an [I]enormous[/I] grain of salt, [I]especially[/I] for modern coins.[/QUOTE]
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