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<p>[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3655351, member: 101855"]These Buffalo Nickels are a clear example of how a coin can be preserved, virtually as it left the dies, and still only grade MS-63. Some coins “were struck in MS-63” from the beginning. </p><p><br /></p><p>The only way to combat this for those think that this is unfair would be to grade the quality of the strike. The ANA tried to do that in the back of the old ANA papers, but it never caught on. It is part of the service that NGC provides for most ancient coins, and it seems to have gained traction there. For those coins, I really like that service.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="johnmilton, post: 3655351, member: 101855"]These Buffalo Nickels are a clear example of how a coin can be preserved, virtually as it left the dies, and still only grade MS-63. Some coins “were struck in MS-63” from the beginning. The only way to combat this for those think that this is unfair would be to grade the quality of the strike. The ANA tried to do that in the back of the old ANA papers, but it never caught on. It is part of the service that NGC provides for most ancient coins, and it seems to have gained traction there. For those coins, I really like that service.[/QUOTE]
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