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<p>[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1053325, member: 24633"]PF70's will have no flaws whatsoever. If you look closely at your 69's using a loupe, particularly in the cameo (frosted) areas of the devices, you may notice very minute nicks which will appear shiny under bright light. Sometimes they aren't much bigger than a pinpoint and you have to tilt the coin back and forth under the light to see them, but that is all that is needed to lower the grade from 70 to 69. Every once in a while, a grader might miss some of these flaws, but it isn't too often that they will be graded 70 because they would most likely be caught in QC.</p><p> </p><p>In my opinion, paying a large premium for any bullion coin graded 70 is a waste of money, and if you can't tell the difference between a 69 and a 70, you are better off buying the 69. The only expectation you should have is that the 69's you buy should only cost a little more than the melt value.</p><p> </p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cpm9ball, post: 1053325, member: 24633"]PF70's will have no flaws whatsoever. If you look closely at your 69's using a loupe, particularly in the cameo (frosted) areas of the devices, you may notice very minute nicks which will appear shiny under bright light. Sometimes they aren't much bigger than a pinpoint and you have to tilt the coin back and forth under the light to see them, but that is all that is needed to lower the grade from 70 to 69. Every once in a while, a grader might miss some of these flaws, but it isn't too often that they will be graded 70 because they would most likely be caught in QC. In my opinion, paying a large premium for any bullion coin graded 70 is a waste of money, and if you can't tell the difference between a 69 and a 70, you are better off buying the 69. The only expectation you should have is that the 69's you buy should only cost a little more than the melt value. Chris[/QUOTE]
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