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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2598995, member: 24314&quot;]This quote/opinion is 100% <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">UNINFORMED <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> FICTION</span>.&nbsp; If I had posted it I should have erased it immediately and IMO the poster should delete it and leave a <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie87" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />symbol in its place while he has the chance to edit this nonsense!</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ve seen many hundreds of PERFECT coins in the last year both raw and slabbed!!!&nbsp; I look at the coins using a stereo microscope set at 7X.&nbsp; If needed, I may go to 15X to make sure some particular defect was mint-made. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;ll guess that at the minimum at least 65% of major TPGS slabs labeled PR/MS-70 ARE perfect.&nbsp; The rate might be as high as 85%.&nbsp; Where the problem comes is this:&nbsp; Some defects are missed such as a tiny white spot or single hairline.&nbsp; Additionally, some TPGS&#039;s do not lower a coin to a 69 for tiny Mint-made imperfections.&nbsp; And finally, no TPG spends as much time examining a coin as you or I should do. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>So, what is closer to the truth is this:&nbsp; Check any coin graded PR/MS-70 very carefully as all 70&#039;s are not perfect.</p><p><br /></p><p>PS&nbsp; Check the sun on your coin...looks like a line of hits!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie46" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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