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<p>[QUOTE="ldhair, post: 7319363, member: 11540"]Building a high grade set of business strike coins has always been tough. Not so tough with the silver and proof issues. With PCGS the jump from 64 to 65 is a giant step. It's not easy to learn how to grade them. The blanks had a lot of chatter marks that took a really strong strike to remove. I would almost bet that most gem quality coins came from mint sets. </p><p>It's also important to remember that the business strikes and the silver issues are graded to a different standard. Fun series to collect. </p><p>If the prices have gone up, that is good news to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ldhair, post: 7319363, member: 11540"]Building a high grade set of business strike coins has always been tough. Not so tough with the silver and proof issues. With PCGS the jump from 64 to 65 is a giant step. It's not easy to learn how to grade them. The blanks had a lot of chatter marks that took a really strong strike to remove. I would almost bet that most gem quality coins came from mint sets. It's also important to remember that the business strikes and the silver issues are graded to a different standard. Fun series to collect. If the prices have gone up, that is good news to me.[/QUOTE]
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