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<p>[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 259351, member: 307"]very nicely put and points well taken, but this is my thimbleful of knowledge about the coins of grades 67 and above.</p><p><br /></p><p>At this juncture we are past the point of distracting marks, most coins of this caliber should be virtually flawless. My understanding is that at this high grade much more depends on the depth of strike and the details of the coin due to strike. You need to know the most difficult places of the coin to find with a full strike and look there. There you will see the only difference between a PF-68 and a PF-70 coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps, and even more so, I hope it's accurate... LOL <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> because it's just the way I understand it to be. But that doesn't necessarily make it true.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mikenoodle, post: 259351, member: 307"]very nicely put and points well taken, but this is my thimbleful of knowledge about the coins of grades 67 and above. At this juncture we are past the point of distracting marks, most coins of this caliber should be virtually flawless. My understanding is that at this high grade much more depends on the depth of strike and the details of the coin due to strike. You need to know the most difficult places of the coin to find with a full strike and look there. There you will see the only difference between a PF-68 and a PF-70 coin. Hope that helps, and even more so, I hope it's accurate... LOL ;) because it's just the way I understand it to be. But that doesn't necessarily make it true.[/QUOTE]
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