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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2604635, member: 24314&quot;]<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> IMHO, no one can argue that at 1000X no coin is perfect. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Also, no one can argue with anyone&#039;s personal standard of perfection.&nbsp; As one poster wrote: &quot;...all that is required is that a coin meet the TPGs established criteria for the grade, and it is a 70. That&#039;s it, plain and simple.&quot;&nbsp; <b>Well stated!</b>&nbsp; The TPGS&#039;s have their own standards of &quot;perfection.&quot;&nbsp; <b>Problem is</b>, we are right back to what type of/how many/how noticeable/what side of the coin/mint made or not, etc. the defect on the coin (taking it out of <b>true perfection</b>) is....&nbsp;&nbsp; My personal <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie98" alt=":wacky:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> standard is simple: PERFECTION at whatever power I wish to crank my stereo microscope up to! </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">From many years of personal experience and many thousands of coins, <i>if I cannot see a defect of any kind on a coin using a stereo microscope at 7X to 10X, I will rarely be able to find one on the coin at 80X either!&nbsp; </i>So much for the MYTH of magnification and defects. </span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"><br /></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">IMO, the OP&#039;s question is a very simple concept to grasp and answer.&nbsp; All 70&#039;s are not equal.&nbsp; There are many thousands of perfect coins graded 70 with <b>absolutely no</b> <b>defects </b>when examined at powers of magnification <b>well above the standards set by any of the TPGS&#039;s.</b>&nbsp; That being said and provable to anyone who looks at numerous slabs, each of us and each TPGS (baring mistakes) gets to decide what a coin graded 70 should look like.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie14" alt=":angelic:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> </span>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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