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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Omegaraptor, post: 7592910, member: 76105&quot;]I am talking about coins in circulation. ASEs and modern proofs are treated with very high levels of quality control. Proofs specifically are handled as carefully as possible by the Mint as to not impact and clash with other coins and create contact marks, which is why you get PF70s on a regular basis. Even with non-proof ASEs the coins are treated with care after strike to preserve quality as much as possible and avoid contact marks. The same is <i>not</i> true for regular business strike coins with mintages in the hundreds of millions or even billions. The coins come out of the press and are fed directly into bins where they clash with each other, then goes through the rolling and shipping process with little regard to preserving quality. Because of this, the vast majority of business strike coins do not even leave the mint in MS68.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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