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TheBurnz Pillar of the Community Canada 586 Posts	Posted 11/02/2017 10:53 pm I've been looking at some 1991 quarters and was wondering if their is a difference between buying one in a slab marked ms-60 plus or buying a specimen set, taking the quarter out and getting it graded. Shouldn't it come back in high ms? Or is their a distinctive difference which is easily spotted between a specimen coin and a ms coin. Edited by TheBurnz 11/03/2017 07:52 am Report this Post to the Staff

TheCoinDom Valued Member Belgium 186 Posts	Posted 11/03/2017 08:53 am Most* TPGs have a special designation ("SP") for specimen coins which are unlike normal uncirculated MS coins. However if you buy a set the specimen quarter will almost surely grade higher than 60+. * That is, PCGS, NGC and ANACS do, but I don't know what about the Canadian grading company ICCS. Edited by TheCoinDom 11/03/2017 08:54 am Report this Post to the Staff
Andy888 Valued Member Canada 324 Posts	Posted 11/03/2017 09:41 am Specimen coins and MS coins are very different looking and easily distinguished. Most coins removed from specimen sets in the 90's will grade SP-66 to SP-67 if you send them to a good grader like ICCS. If you were to buy a roll of 40 1991 quarters (for about $500-$600) you would likely have only have 1 or 2 MS-65's (if you're lucky) with all the other quarters grading MS-63 to MS-64. So in other words its much more common to find a SP-67 than a MS-65. Report this Post to the Staff
ace_ftw Pillar of the Community Canada 1747 Posts	Posted 11/03/2017 11:13 am Realize that almost anyone can buy a specimen set to get that high grade coin, these are not rare and do not actually command a high price. The reason the MS 60+ coins are worth money is the fact that these were circulated, and maintained the high grade. Report this Post to the Staff
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