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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1915042, member: 42773&quot;]I don&#039;t regret all the PCGS Kennedy slabs I bought at all - at one point I had about thirty in a registry set, spanning their whole history. It was a great way to learn about the series, which is one of the richest and most varied in US mint history.</p><p><br /></p><p>But when it comes to grading, you&#039;re really talking about a bunch of different coins that happen to share similar devices. The 64 circulation strikes can&#039;t be compared to the 60% silver clad issues, which can&#039;t be compared to the early copper-nickel clad issues, which can&#039;t be compared to the later cu-ni clad issues, which can&#039;t be compared to low-relief issues of the 90&#039;s, which can&#039;t be compared to the current SP collector issues.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then you&#039;ve got all the proofs, which also have to be considered on a year-to-year basis as the technology improves and you get stronger and stronger cameos over the decades, and none of those can be compared to the SMS issues of the 60&#039;s. Throw in the bicentennial reverse for an additional type, and what you&#039;ve got is not just a case of apples and oranges, but apples, oranges, grapes, bananas, kiwi, watermelon, cantaloupe, etc., etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>When it came to comparing MS and PR coins, I found for myself, that three states sufficed: low, middle, and high. Trying to discern the difference between a 65 and 66 was too tedious for my collecting tastes, and anyway, I preferred my coins raw.</p><p><br /></p><p>AND...I found so many coins graded PR69 or PR70 that could have gone one way or another, that I altogether stopped paying high premiums for coins graded 70.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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