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<p>[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 4232179, member: 92655"]I can help with some of your bullet points.</p><ul> <li>All coins should have the same standard for grading whether it was minted yesterday or last century. Keep in mind though that very early US releases were not minted with modern machining methods so some discrimination seems to be applied to very early stuff.</li> <li>MS70 is the perfect grade. And yes, there are some of those in existence. Mostly modern stuff. I am fortunate to own an MS69 gold commemorative. And the perfection that you witness when you view it is breathtaking.</li> <li>Modern cents do not seem to have the same standards set. But then you have to take into account that the mint is producing these by the billions. So yes, there are a lot of imperfect cents released. That does not necessarily make them mint errors though.</li> <li>When you have a mangled coin you simply have to look at it with a bit of wisdom. In most cases, scratches that occur from damage are incused. Not always, but most of the die breaks, cuds and mint errors you would identify by the imperfection being raised on the surface of the coin rather than incused. </li> </ul><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Randy Abercrombie, post: 4232179, member: 92655"]I can help with some of your bullet points. [LIST] [*]All coins should have the same standard for grading whether it was minted yesterday or last century. Keep in mind though that very early US releases were not minted with modern machining methods so some discrimination seems to be applied to very early stuff. [*]MS70 is the perfect grade. And yes, there are some of those in existence. Mostly modern stuff. I am fortunate to own an MS69 gold commemorative. And the perfection that you witness when you view it is breathtaking. [*]Modern cents do not seem to have the same standards set. But then you have to take into account that the mint is producing these by the billions. So yes, there are a lot of imperfect cents released. That does not necessarily make them mint errors though. [*]When you have a mangled coin you simply have to look at it with a bit of wisdom. In most cases, scratches that occur from damage are incused. Not always, but most of the die breaks, cuds and mint errors you would identify by the imperfection being raised on the surface of the coin rather than incused. [/LIST][/QUOTE]
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