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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 444073, member: 13650&quot;]In the 6th edition of ANA grading standards it states that MS-70 is a &quot;flawless coin exactly as it was minted, with *no trace* of wear or injury.&nbsp; Must have full mint luster and brilliance or toning&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;Then for a MS-67 it states: &quot;Virtually flawless, but with minor imperfections&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Now from a MS-67 to a 69, I don&#039;t know what the exact difference is between a trace and minor imperfections but you&#039;re splitting hairs for basically 3 grades.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; The difference between a 69 and a 70, your average collector, including myself, will probably not be able to pin point.&nbsp; I&#039;d bet if you tested the graders themselves, &#039;some&#039; recently graded, less obvious 69s would pass as 70s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; A 70 to me means I&#039;m getting something that two professional graders determined had a perfect strike for the coin, no trace of wear anywhere and is as perfect of a product as the mint can possibly put out. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;For as much handling as these go through between the minting process and by the time they get to you and then to the grader, it&#039;s a miracle that anything can make it into a 70 slab.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Any&nbsp; bit of the smallest minor imperfection and the 70 is gone.&nbsp; I have to believe that most 69&#039;s receive this score for some obscure reason, even though many say there is virtually no difference.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Most any modern mint coin, &#039;that you would consider sending in for grading&#039; because you think it looks perfect, is extremely and almost equally, as likely to get the 69 or 70 grade based on looking at the pop. reports and modern manufacturing.&nbsp; Which is fantastic.</p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; If there was somebody that could guarantee a given coin would get a 70, I&#039;d love to meet them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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