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Denver Gold and Silver Coins
600 South Holly Street Suite 103
Denver, Colorado 80246
Open
Monday - Thursday from 9 am to 6 pm
Friday and Sunday from 9 am to 4 pm
Call anytime - leave a message: 303-835-8892
Mint
State (Unc) - Absolutely no trace of wear.
Mint state coins vary from MS-60 to MS-70. As I stated earlier,
MS-70 is perfect. No blemishes, good strike, great color, and a
lot of other really nit picky stuff. Trust me, any coin you have
that isn't slabbed isn't MS-70. It's like winning the lottery, twice.
An average shiny new penny from the supermarket is MS-63. A really
pretty one with no easily visible marks is MS-65. If you have an
average roll of new cents from the supermarket, 2-5 will be MS-60,
5-15 will be MS-61, 25-40 will be MS-63, 5-8 will be MS-64 and 1-2
will be MS-65. If you are exceptionally lucky, one will be MS-66.
An MS-68 coin is one in 100,000!
Distinguishing the difference between these uncirculated grades
is where most of the black magic in coin grading is. Even with years
of experience, coin dealers will disagree about these grades. Even
the professional grading services aren't 100% consistent within
these grade levels. Some coins are very difficult case studies.
European coin collectors think that this American system of grading
uncirculated coins is just downright crazy.
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