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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TopcatCoin, post: 1198355, member: 22746&quot;]In many cases with modern bullion or commemoratives, it is very difficult to distinguish an MS69 and an MS70.&nbsp; I have seen MS69 ASEs that look perfect and even better than some MS70s.&nbsp; I have also seen some MS70 ASEs that are not perfect even to the naked eye.&nbsp; I only collect raw ASEs with nice eye appeal for this reason.&nbsp; I do own a 2001 Silver Buffalo PCGS MS69.&nbsp; I have looked at it with a 10x loupe and also under a high-powered microscope and can find no flaws.&nbsp; I have even showed it to several others who agree that it is likely under-graded.&nbsp; I would bet that if you took several 2011 ASEs and sent them repeatedly to a grading company (PCGS or MGC) you would get different results (MS69 vs. MS70) at times even if the same exact graders were used.&nbsp; I guess that an MS70 grade for slabbed modern bullion means that at some specific point in time several graders agreed that the coin was perfect.&nbsp; TC[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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