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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;brg5658, post: 1260922, member: 29751&quot;]<i><span style="color: #b22222">I would, but I might get in trouble with the moderator</span></i> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>While your story has a probability higher than zero of occurring, I&#039;m going to guess that it&#039;s negligibly higher than zero (maybe 1 in a quadrillion chance).&nbsp; And, there is nothing in your &quot;conspiracy theory&quot; that is restricted to clad coins.&nbsp; Thus, it&#039;s just as plausible a scenario for any coin...or collectible for that matter.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you are referring to ASE or AGE bullion then this assessment is pretty close to the truth IMO.&nbsp; But, if you are talking about <u>business strike modern coinage</u> you are way off of the mark.&nbsp; There are a handful of MS70 Lincoln Cents (all satin finish coins from 2005-2006, less than 100 total), only one MS70 dime (also satin finish) and only a handful of MS70 quarters (less than 50), and only 1 MS70 Kennedy half ever graded by either PCGS or NGC.&nbsp; It gets old hearing people say how every modern coin is graded MS70 -- simply put, they are NOT.&nbsp; And, outside of the satin finish coins of 2005-2010, there are almost no MS69 modern coins also (the Lincoln Cent is the most common but still quite rare in the MS69 grade).&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>People who seriously collect moderns know what coins are hard to find and conversely what coins are readily available in high grade.&nbsp; People who don&#039;t collect moderns like to justify their dislike/disinterest of the modern coins by poo-pooing on those who do and regurgitating information that is simply false.&nbsp; I happen to collect the Sacagawea/Native American dollar series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Question:&nbsp; <span style="color: #006400"><b>How many 2007-D Sacagawea Dollars have been graded <u>MS68 or higher</u> by both PCGS and NGC combined?&nbsp;&nbsp; </b></span></p><p>Answer:&nbsp; <span style="color: #b22222"><b>None</b></span></p><p><br /></p><p>That is just one example of a modern coin that isn&#039;t available in super gem.&nbsp; There are many many other examples of scarce condition rarities amongst moderns.&nbsp; This is surprising to most people considering there are generally a few thousand graded examples, and most of those have been &quot;cherry-picked&quot; for submission.&nbsp; I&#039;m not disavowing the possibility of an MS68 existing, but even if a few do exist, they are condition rarities for sure.&nbsp; You may argue now -- is there really a difference between an MS68 coin and an MS67 coin? -- and again, I will say, for those of us who seriously collect a particular series, the difference is night and day.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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