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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;clembo, post: 514213, member: 8033&quot;]Hello Poppa Bear,</p><p><br /></p><p>I seem to be commenting on this subject a lot as of late.</p><p><br /></p><p>For starters I am NOT a modern coin collector where the technology is so much better. However, I work in a coin shop and we slab a lot of modern coins.</p><p>I often get the call to pick out the &quot;best&quot; for grading. I am in no way a professional grader and actually have pretty horrible vision but I know how to look at a coin for the most part and employ magnification.</p><p>Here&#039;s what I see and usually with NO magnification. I have yet to see what I would truly consider an MS70 coin. I can ALWAYS see some flaw no matter how small in my book that makes a coin not meet the MS70 definition.</p><p>I have a harder time with proofs honestly. I figure there are PR70 coins but MS is a different animal.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, I will add, that the coins I choose do come back as MS70 on occasion. We sent in 5 silver eagles at one point that I had picked out and 4 came back as 70. Sorry, I didn&#039;t see a 70 in the lot.</p><p>Of course now they&#039;re in plastic and got more money.</p><p><br /></p><p>If I ever see a coin that I think merits a MS70 I might just buy it raw - then wait until they raise the scale to MS75. then I could sell it at stupid money as a 71 or higher.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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