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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;dave92029, post: 1053314, member: 26916&quot;]I own numerous ASE&#039;s that are graded NGC PF69, but truthfully I have no idea what that really means because I can&#039;t find any written standards or guidelines of grading. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie5" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Are there guidelines for what causes one coin to be PF68, an other PF69&nbsp; or PF70?</p><p><br /></p><p>I looked at my graded coins under a 5x or 10x loop and they look perfect to my untrained eye, so I would like to understand what the professional graders are looking at when they do their evaluations.</p><p><br /></p><p>How are Professional Graders trained? There are many discussion topics on this Forum asking for assistance in grading. The folks who &quot;know&quot; learned how? </p><p><br /></p><p>Some folks pay a large premium for a PF70, and I have no idea how those coins are better than my PF69. When we purchase a coin at a specific grade what should our expectations be?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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