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<p>[QUOTE="900fine, post: 518397, member: 6036"]Can I tell the difference between PR70 and 69 ? Yes.</p><p> </p><p>First, let's draw a distinction in terms.</p><p> </p><p>There's a big difference 'twixt <b>"a PR70 coin"</b> and <b>"a coin that comes back PR70"</b>.</p><p> </p><p>In the latter case, it's a crap shoot. It's all about percentages, since it's well known that a given coin submitted multiple times will not likely come back the same grade every time.</p><p> </p><p>In that regard, I definitely feel I could cherry-pick <i>likely candidates</i>. Give me 100 ASEs and I can pick a few which have a <i>better chance</i> of coming back 70.</p><p> </p><p>IOW... take 100 random 2009 ASEs and send 'em all to NGC. You'll get maybe 35 or so PR70s. Straight from the box, they have ~35% chance.</p><p> </p><p>Now... take several thousand ASEs and cherry-pick until you get 100 likely candidates for 70. Submit those 100. I think I would be around 70-75% on those (at NGC - less at PCGS).</p><p> </p><p>=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~</p><p> </p><p>Now...as for the former case... Can I tell a PR70 coin <i>on its own merits</i>, regardless of TPG opinion ? Yes.</p><p> </p><p>I don't wish to reopen The Great Debate about whether 70 coins actually exist. In my mind, they do.</p><p> </p><p>And I could happily pick one which is a 70 - by my personal standards, for my purposes, in my collection. I would not attempt to tell anyone else that it's a 70 for their purposes and collection.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="900fine, post: 518397, member: 6036"]Can I tell the difference between PR70 and 69 ? Yes. First, let's draw a distinction in terms. There's a big difference 'twixt [B]"a PR70 coin"[/B] and [B]"a coin that comes back PR70"[/B]. In the latter case, it's a crap shoot. It's all about percentages, since it's well known that a given coin submitted multiple times will not likely come back the same grade every time. In that regard, I definitely feel I could cherry-pick [I]likely candidates[/I]. Give me 100 ASEs and I can pick a few which have a [I]better chance[/I] of coming back 70. IOW... take 100 random 2009 ASEs and send 'em all to NGC. You'll get maybe 35 or so PR70s. Straight from the box, they have ~35% chance. Now... take several thousand ASEs and cherry-pick until you get 100 likely candidates for 70. Submit those 100. I think I would be around 70-75% on those (at NGC - less at PCGS). =~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~ Now...as for the former case... Can I tell a PR70 coin [I]on its own merits[/I], regardless of TPG opinion ? Yes. I don't wish to reopen The Great Debate about whether 70 coins actually exist. In my mind, they do. And I could happily pick one which is a 70 - by my personal standards, for my purposes, in my collection. I would not attempt to tell anyone else that it's a 70 for their purposes and collection.[/QUOTE]
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