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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1900795, member: 42773&quot;]When I first joined this forum, I bought up a handful of PCGS PR69 and PR70 coins of various series, so I could compare them in hand. When I inspected them with a loupe, sometimes I could see the difference in grade clearly, but just as many other times, the distinction was difficult.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s tempting to dismiss the whole business as a marketing artifice, but when you think about it, all markets are a human artifice, coins are a human artifice, and ultimately every collecting decision is made on emotional imperative. The guy who absolutely must have that PR70 no doubt experiences the same thrill of ownership that I do when I open my mail and fish out a 2000-year-old hunk of dirty bronze.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will say this though: when I sold off my plastic, there was far more demand for the PR70 slabs, and the premiums garnered were much higher. The obsession with the &quot;perfect&quot; coin, whether that exists or not, and whether you agree with the marketing ploy or not, is very real, and likely to persist.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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