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<p>[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2892261, member: 24314"]sakata, posted: "How can an organization whose sole purpose is to correctly identify coins <b><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)">not know the difference between BU and PF</span></b>. It is their job to know, regardless of what the mint may say."</p><p><br /></p><p>Possibly because <b><span style="color: #ff0000">the coins looked exactly like a Proof</span></b>. Usually, when a TPGS realizes that they are in error, they correct it. I cannot speak for NGC.</p><p><br /></p><p>I don't know how experienced you are or how many modern issues you see from countries around the world so I'll try to clue you in. Go on to the Internet and look at recent coins from China or Australia. The majority of them have a deep mirror surface just as good as any Proof modern issue. Yet, they are considered to be MS. So it doesn't matter if you, me, or the TPGS calls them Deep Cameo Proofs. We didn't make them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Insider, post: 2892261, member: 24314"]sakata, posted: "How can an organization whose sole purpose is to correctly identify coins [B][COLOR=rgb(255, 0, 0)]not know the difference between BU and PF[/COLOR][/B]. It is their job to know, regardless of what the mint may say." Possibly because [B][COLOR=#ff0000]the coins looked exactly like a Proof[/COLOR][/B]. Usually, when a TPGS realizes that they are in error, they correct it. I cannot speak for NGC. I don't know how experienced you are or how many modern issues you see from countries around the world so I'll try to clue you in. Go on to the Internet and look at recent coins from China or Australia. The majority of them have a deep mirror surface just as good as any Proof modern issue. Yet, they are considered to be MS. So it doesn't matter if you, me, or the TPGS calls them Deep Cameo Proofs. We didn't make them.[/QUOTE]
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