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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2637236, member: 68&quot;]You can find nice clean coins in bags that the services will give high grades.</p><p><br /></p><p>But most of these coins will be poorly struck from worn, tired dies.&nbsp; To me they are not &quot;Gems&quot; at all in most cases.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Many, even most, of the coins in mint sets are banged up but they are banged up Gems&nbsp; with crisp strikes from brand new and properly aligned dies.&nbsp; And with effort I can find some that are pretty clean. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of course it depends on the specific denomination, date, and mint.&nbsp; There are a few coins where the best coins probably are in bags.&nbsp; This is a moot point for something like a &#039;69-P quarter since you can&#039;t find any rolls and bags of these.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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