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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 922564, member: 24633&quot;]It&#039;s very unlikely that you will have any PF68 unless the Mint employee handling them really goofed.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>You might want to start learning how to differentiate between a PF69 and PF70 for silver coins since it is likely that you may be submitting more in the future. It is best to view them with a 10x loupe under a halogen (preferable) or fluorescent desk lamp. First, examine the fields. If there is even the slightest mark anywhere, it should grade 69. When you examine the frost on the devices, you&#039;ll want to tilt the coins back and forth, up and down, etc. You&#039;re looking for even the slightest pinprick of a break in the frost. It will look shiny on the frosted surface. If you see any of these &quot;breaks&quot;, these coins should grade 69. If you cannot find any flaws anywhere, then the coin should grade 70.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you happen to have any sets that don&#039;t appear to have any coins that should grade 70, you might want to skip submitting it altogether.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>By the way, note that I said &quot;should grade 70&quot; and &quot;should grade 69&quot;. Even the graders can overlook something. To me that would have to be the most boring job in any grading service........looking at the same modern coins day in and day out, 5 days a week, 50 weeks a year. Geesh!</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>This should be a good experiment to test your powers of observation and to see how close you can come to the actual results when you get them back. You might want to record your observations for each design as a reference.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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