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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2669200, member: 24314&quot;]<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Oh Boy...here goes:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">You would think so but apparently not.&nbsp; Several things come into play here:</span></p><p><span style="color: #660066"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">1. SE are graded by eye.</span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">2. Certain % of SE submissions from large submitters are expected to &quot;make&quot; MS-70 even if the grader needs to stretch.&nbsp; </span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">3. Why would the #1 TPGS wish to cross a coin from the #4 TPGS and prove that while their grading is the same the lesser service is faster and cheaper?&nbsp; Thus, the coins are examined more closely for a cross as they don&#039;t wish to put a coin that is actually inferior into their slab. </span>&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">This is basically correct <b>except</b> when it comes to small &quot;mint-made&quot; imperfections.</span> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">This response comes as a surprise to me!&nbsp; ANACS does not over grade SE any worse than any other TPGS.</span></p><p><br /></p><p>heavycam.monstervam, posted: &quot;You cant just single out Anacs as the only company who has an overgraded MS70 labeled as such. I&#039;ve seen numerous so-called 70 graded coins in PCGS/NGC holders that werent even close.&quot;&nbsp; <span style="color: #660066">I am in 100% agreement.&nbsp; </span>&quot;I dont think there even is such a thing for a business strike.&quot; <span style="color: #660066">Actually, I am in 100% disagreement with this statement.&nbsp; The TPGS employees I have discussed this fallacy with agree that modern commemoratives and SE are usually much more prevalent as 70&#039;s in Mint State than their proof counterparts.</span> &quot;I could find SOMETHING wrong with any 70 graded coin you put in front of me. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">You are a better man than I <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> or the TPGS&#039;s <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie30" alt=":bucktooth:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> for sure.&nbsp; Since that grade (70) came about, I have seen (<b>using a stereo microscope</b>) thousands of coins graded 70 w/o any flaws including those made at the mint! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie104" alt=":yawn:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></span></p><p><span style="color: #660066">&nbsp; </span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="color: #660066">The only &quot;fact&quot; borne out by the market is that identical perfect coins are worth more in an NGC slab than an ANACS slab.&nbsp; I though that was common knowledge.</span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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