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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Insider, post: 4941934, member: 24314&quot;]The Mint makes the coins and the TPGS grade them.&nbsp; Way back in the 1950&#039;s the Mint was making PR-70, 69, and 68 coins.&nbsp; No one cared.&nbsp; MS/PR 70 is a &quot;modern&quot; grade.&nbsp; The grade 70 existed many decades age but was NEVER USED.&nbsp; Sometime after the TPGS began to grade moderns we started to see it.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Note of caution: Although there are <b><span style="color: #b30000">plenty</span></b> <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> of PERFECT 70&#039;s in slabs, a 70 grade on a label does not guarantee the coin in the slab will be one of them. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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