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<p>[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 892976, member: 15199"]Also, you have to suspect they are "fresh" ( that they have been out of circulation for a while or maybe never since arriving from the mint). At a store or show or ebay, you can be 95% sure that someone else has already checked them out. Once I was going through a long box of many sets, and the dealer said " I hope you find at least one, you are the 20th person today to just flip through them". I felt a little guilty, but I didn't find any either. The chance of finding the higher MS, PF grades is exceedingly rare. Tell the pawn shops near by that you are interested in such, they are usually just concerned with the date and greysheet, and a gem might slip through. You really have to be sharp with grading if you intend to make a profit. Good Luck. </p><p>Jim[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="desertgem, post: 892976, member: 15199"]Also, you have to suspect they are "fresh" ( that they have been out of circulation for a while or maybe never since arriving from the mint). At a store or show or ebay, you can be 95% sure that someone else has already checked them out. Once I was going through a long box of many sets, and the dealer said " I hope you find at least one, you are the 20th person today to just flip through them". I felt a little guilty, but I didn't find any either. The chance of finding the higher MS, PF grades is exceedingly rare. Tell the pawn shops near by that you are interested in such, they are usually just concerned with the date and greysheet, and a gem might slip through. You really have to be sharp with grading if you intend to make a profit. Good Luck. Jim[/QUOTE]
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