2010 Proof Silver Eagle PF 70 How?

Amazing! How did he get a 2006 to look like a 2010. Oh that's right, he said he didn't have a pic yet.

And this is legal how? Have the 2010 even been released yet?

he probably ordered 100 of them or even more with different addresses and then he sends them to NGC in bulk and chances are he will get over half of them PF-70 so then he knows he will be sending a PF-70 to the winner


that is why its a pre-sale. Nothing illegal about having a pre-release sale, just if something happens and you don't get what the person paid for within the 30 day limit ebay gives you then you return their money. People do it all the time on ebay

its all about the registry game. The registry is the best marketing move the TPG's has ever created. I am surprised ANACS hasn't followed suit

True, but until they do people will keep feeding the frenzy and laugh all the way to the bank.

I suspect that to preserve the TOUGH MS-70 rating, a coin needs to be put in high quality air tight slabs almost immediately after it is minted. I doubt mint packaging is adequate to preserve that rating over time.

And all TPG slabs are not equal. PCGS and NGC are probably the best. They are as sealed as possible with the material used. Both are welded but I do not know if they use any kind of inert gas or simply seal in room air. ICG slabs are good too. ANACS has always had issues with sealing their slabs. Some are glued and not very well at that. I have no knowledge of third tier third party graders. The mint capsules, while not truly sealed, are actually a very good long term storage environment, provided the capsule is not exposed to environmental extremes.

I don't see paying any premium for a coin simply becuase it is slabbed. That said, often MS/PR-69 coins in slabs can be picked up for the same price as raw, ungraded coins and in that case it comes down to a matter whim at the moment. Commercial bulk submitters can get coins graded and slabbed even at PCGS & NGC for only a few dollars per coin and normal price fluctuations can easily hide that cost. Since a raw coin could be a 68 or even less, such a case is one where a slabbed coin has value. I might well break it out of its cage once it is in my hands but that is just me, I am not likely to resell many of my coins. In terms of having my coins graded, it just is not something I am interested in doing. I am not into comparing my sets against others and I don't plan on selling my coins. I'll let my kids get them graded after I'm gone. Grading bullion only makes sense if it is going to get a 70 and only then if you are building a set or selling to those who do. Proof coins however, no matter what they are made of, are not bullion in my opinion. They are numismatic items, made as much for their beauty as art as for their value as metal. The same applies for those coins that the mint has so poorly chosen to call uncirculated (what was so bad about calling them satin specimens that you had to use a word that had a long established meaning in numismatics).