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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;calcol, post: 6643142, member: 77639&quot;]I have two modern proofs that recently graded PR69.&nbsp; One was a fractional gold Brittania; one a US Pt coin.&nbsp; I can&#039;t find a fault with them and have compared them with similar coins that graded PR70.&nbsp;&nbsp; Could be there is a dinged reed on the edge which can&#039;t be seen when the coin is in a slab.</p><p><br /></p><p>When I attended grading classes in Long Beach,&nbsp; PCGS personnel stated that their graders average 100 coins per hour.&nbsp; I would guess throughput is fastest for modern releases and slowest for uncommon coins, like patterns, or variety attribution.&nbsp; And I would guess the least experienced graders do the modern releases.</p><p><br /></p><p>The risk of these coins going down to PR68 if resubmitted is very low.&nbsp; I&#039;ve never seen a 68 coin where I couldn&#039;t see a ding or soft-struck area.&nbsp;&nbsp; These coins appear flawless.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cal[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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