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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;asciibaron, post: 249899, member: 8566&quot;]i looked at about 100 slabbed Mercury dimes over the past few days at the Baltimore show - i bought 5 slabbed coins, all graded as MS 65 and a buddy bought a few graded MS 66.&nbsp; we eachhad coins from NGC and PCGS and&nbsp; could not find a difference between the 2 grades or slabbers - seriously - he paid $20.00 more for a coin that looked no better, no worse than my coin of the smae year.</p><p><br /></p><p>we tried very hard to find something that put his up a notch - the only thing we found was a very tiny scratch on the cheek vs. his having a scratch on the neck.&nbsp; both required a high power loupe - we couldn&#039;t see them with my 10x.</p><p><br /></p><p>and then there is the issue of consistent grading - neither PCGS or NGC seems to be able to grade a coin series in a consistent manner.&nbsp; i walked away from many MS65&#039;s that had many visible blemishes and nicks in the prime focal areas and scratched my head at coins graded MS63 that looked far better than an MS65 right next to it.</p><p><br /></p><p>buy the coin, not the slab.&nbsp; the best is when a dealer writes over a grade with a Sharpie - that MS 63 coin is clearly an MS65 because he said so ;0</p><p><br /></p><p>-steve[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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