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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 652199, member: 8012&quot;]Well, first a technical point.&nbsp; It is not that the TPG&#039;s can&#039;t find a MS-70 coin.....&nbsp; They don&#039;t look for them.&nbsp; They only grade what is sent in.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s an interesting experiment.&nbsp; Buy 3-4 mint sets for a particular year.&nbsp; When you get them, pull out the loupe and inspect them.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>You will be AMAZED at the range of quality of coins in the sets.&nbsp; </p><p>You might have a Top-Notch 1974-D nickel and the 1974-D Half looks like a train ran over it or it is such a weak strike that the tail feathers are not there.</p><p><br /></p><p>MS-70 is the holy grail.&nbsp; If you submit and you get it, you have quite literally won the lottery.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I have mint sets from the &#039;70&#039;s where the nickel doesn&#039;t even show ONE step - it&#039;s all mush. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, in recent years the mint has been doling out higher quality products and in those years, a MS-70 grade is not unusual.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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