Silver Coin Proof » most http://silvercoinproof.com American Silver Proof Coins And Silver Eagles Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:03:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 When buying US Mint proof coins, what is the most common grading? http://silvercoinproof.com/2010/03/when-buying-us-mint-proof-coins-what-is-the-most-common-grading/ http://silvercoinproof.com/2010/03/when-buying-us-mint-proof-coins-what-is-the-most-common-grading/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:50:06 +0000 admin http://silvercoinproof.com/2010/03/when-buying-us-mint-proof-coins-what-is-the-most-common-grading/ Say I want to buy a Golden or Silver Eagle, ordered straight from the US Mint's website. What is the likelyhood that the coin will be PR-69 or PR-70 ???

Do I need to buy "First Strike" coins to guarantee this kind of grading? I'd be very disappointed if I spent that much on a collectible, and it turned out to only be PR-65.
Upon a little more research, I found out that NGC listed a census of all the coins they have graded. It appears that a proof coin, graded below PR69 is pretty rare (maybe 1 out of a thousand).

http://www.ngccoin.com/poplookup/

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