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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;IBetASilverDollar, post: 3504525, member: 85251&quot;]Here&#039;s the thing.&nbsp; If you&#039;re going to be picky about a coin then buying a random one from Apmex isn&#039;t the best idea.&nbsp; In my experience they&#039;re spot on with their labels sometimes even conservative but when I&#039;m buying something random it&#039;s because the actual appearance of the coin is irrelevant.&nbsp; Especially with Saint Gaudens there are literally millions of examples out there to choose from for not much over spot and you can examine and pick the one you like.&nbsp; That&#039;s a much better idea than grabbing a random one again if the condition is important and it&#039;s not just for bullion value.&nbsp; You can always buy it in a slab and take it out.&nbsp; I once bought an MS64 common saint for $70 over spot from Apmex and it had ebay bucks so it&#039;s actual cost to me was under spot.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you buy a random AU Saint, it will have dings, it may have spots (common since it&#039;s 90% gold) and it will have hairlines.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t necessarily mean it&#039;s not an AU.&nbsp; Gold is a very soft metal relative to other coins, seeing light circulation (as an AU would) does show it&#039;s effects.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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