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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;greyfang, post: 37829, member: 1864&quot;]Here&#039;s an interesting blurb on the NGC site in an article about the 2003 Statehood Quarters:</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;the 70 grade comes down to any hairlines or spots being detected under 5X magnification. Should a hairline or spot be identified, this will cause the coin to grade no higher than 69. Mint caused defects, however, can be found on these proofs and still garner the grade of 70. As long as they are minor in nature, few in numbers, and easily determined to be mint caused, the grade of 70 can still apply. There are circumstances where a proof coin cannot grade 70 due to there being too many mint caused defects or mint defects that are too large in size. In these cases, the highest attainable grade will be 69. &quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>So it sounds to me like perfection is more like a PR-71.&nbsp; Ha ha.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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