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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2816647, member: 24314&quot;]Kentucky, posted: &quot;I have some coins that I look at and think &quot;Dang...that&#039;s a pretty coin...I can&#039;t see one single flaw&quot;.&nbsp; How much chance does that have of coming back a 70?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>AFAIK few to none of the modern tier coin graders at the major TPGS&#039;s are allowed to use magnification of any kind.&nbsp; If they do, it is limited to low power possibly 7X at the max.&nbsp; This is to speed things up.</p><p><br /></p><p>We have the freedom to take as long as we wish at any magnification.&nbsp; Therefore, learn how to examine a coin properly - tip and rotate at the same time - and avoid any tiny mint-made imperfections.&nbsp; Spots are defects too; however, it seems to me that after the TPGS stopped guaranteeing coins that spotted after slabbing they have become more lenient on this defect. </p><p>So, as posted above, send them a perfect coin and it should come back that way.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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