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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 2444063, member: 24314&quot;][USER=56842]@Dougmeister[/USER]</p><p><br /></p><p>You&#039;ll need to go to a major gold dealer when they are not busy.&nbsp; Tell the sales person you are a finicky collector; yet you are going to do your best to buy a coin from him today and ask to see the coins in the grade you wish.&nbsp; If they have at least twenty examples the chances you will be able to find a TRUE UNC (no stacking/friction) among similar graded coins is about 10% for MS-64, 20% for MS-65.&nbsp; If you are lucky to find more than one you can pick the one with the fewest marks.&nbsp; Patience pays dividends as most dealers and TPGS&#039;s don&#039;t care about coins w/no loss of mint luster on the high points of Saints as long as they are &quot;clean.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>EDIT:&nbsp; I just read the ANA Grading Guide for Uncirculated Saints. </p><p><br /></p><p>MINT STATE: &quot;No Trace of Wear.&quot; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie52" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />&nbsp; GOOD LUCK!&nbsp; I will repeat my post above.&nbsp; Saints WITH NO TRACE OF WEAR do exist but you are going to be looking for a long time.&nbsp; I needed a MS-62 $20 Liberty (with no trace of wear) for a set about a decade ago and found one at the Heritage table after looking through about thirty coins.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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