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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Burton Strauss III, post: 2318659, member: 59677&quot;]Not really... this is the kind of grading where the 6-10 seconds per coin really comes from.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pick it up, flip it over, it&#039;s either a 70 (left pile) or not. 5s.</p><p><br /></p><p>2nd look - if it&#039;s a DOG - and you won&#039;t get those but once a few thousand where the &#039;bag marks&#039; really suck - it&#039;s either no grade [dealer choose minimum grade of 69] or 68 or lower (those take time) - small middle pile. But most non-70s are 69s (right pile).</p><p><br /></p><p>look at the #s at NGC (for example) - all years of ASEs, non proof</p><p><br /></p><p>Total</p><p>6,870,975</p><p><br /></p><p>69&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>5,819,508</p><p><br /></p><p>70</p><p>905,561</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2015 (non burnished)</p><p><br /></p><p>Total</p><p>&nbsp; 231,279</p><p><br /></p><p>69</p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 83,089</p><p><br /></p><p>70</p><p>&nbsp; 101,850[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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