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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1044377, member: 13650"]Yes, for the most part you are better off having graded coins because professionals that grade coins on a daily basis have reviewed it, graded it and encapsulated it. For the sake of re-sale value anyway. With loose coins, you never know what you're going to get unless the picture was excellent. Which is rare. </p><p> </p><p> You should know that proof coins are not handled as carelessly as ones you end up getting in your pocket change. They aren't thrown around or grabbed out of a bag. They are produced with care and handled with gloves. All the proofs that come out of the mint today are not touched by bare hands. Theoretically, they all have a shot at getting a PF70 but the process itself causes mint made flaws the prevent most from achieving this. All it takes is a weaker strike. A little nick in the rim. A little scuff or mark somewhere on the coin and it's a PF69. </p><p><br /></p><p> People pay (often times overpay) for the PF70 because it is rare for a coin to be completely absent of any minor defect. Now, keep in mind, this doesn't go down to the molecular level as some people want to argue. But to the human eye and under 5x magnification, there should not be a defect on a 70.</p><p><br /></p><p> MS commemoratives are handled the same way so there are MS70s out there too. The only way this can be achieved is by careful handling at the mint. Sometimes you will run across a 69 and wonder why it wasn't given a 70 though. Most of the time I can find the flaw. But every now and then you run across one that you can't pick out the flaw that made it a 69.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 1044377, member: 13650"]Yes, for the most part you are better off having graded coins because professionals that grade coins on a daily basis have reviewed it, graded it and encapsulated it. For the sake of re-sale value anyway. With loose coins, you never know what you're going to get unless the picture was excellent. Which is rare. You should know that proof coins are not handled as carelessly as ones you end up getting in your pocket change. They aren't thrown around or grabbed out of a bag. They are produced with care and handled with gloves. All the proofs that come out of the mint today are not touched by bare hands. Theoretically, they all have a shot at getting a PF70 but the process itself causes mint made flaws the prevent most from achieving this. All it takes is a weaker strike. A little nick in the rim. A little scuff or mark somewhere on the coin and it's a PF69. People pay (often times overpay) for the PF70 because it is rare for a coin to be completely absent of any minor defect. Now, keep in mind, this doesn't go down to the molecular level as some people want to argue. But to the human eye and under 5x magnification, there should not be a defect on a 70. MS commemoratives are handled the same way so there are MS70s out there too. The only way this can be achieved is by careful handling at the mint. Sometimes you will run across a 69 and wonder why it wasn't given a 70 though. Most of the time I can find the flaw. But every now and then you run across one that you can't pick out the flaw that made it a 69.[/QUOTE]
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