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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 20801039, member: 24314"]Perfection or MS/PR-70 is hard to achieve.  Without the proper lighting, magnification, and examination technique, tiny imperfections WILL BE MISSED.  Additionally, the line between MS/PR-69 is often looser than it might be.  One thing that TPGS's might not be as critical as they could be involves spots.  At this time, there is no grade guarantee if a spot develops on a coin after it is slabbed.  That allows (not saying it happens) for a person to possibly ignore a small spot and still assign a high grade.  I treat spots like bag marks because they are detracting.  The image below shows some small spots on a Silver Eagle that would eliminate it from "perfection."    [ATTACH=full]1541557[/ATTACH] I just noticed the hit on the "O" and a small imperfection on the "A."  If the spots were not present, that little nick makes this coin a "69" in my book.  I could understand someone ignoring the tiny mark on the "A."  That's because coins are not graded at high power.  Unfortunately, that means that all "perfect" coins graded MS/PR-70's are not equal.[/QUOTE]