Like I said in my previous statement, they stop loss sell on lesser quality coins at a discount. At the same time they are submitting coins for grading.
This keeps them ahead of the game and they get most of the 70’s submitted.
I bought from Don Bailey and had my coin in hand b4 many others because he flew to Mexico to pick them up, Release date by NGC standard was 12-07. You had 30 days from then to submit for early or first release Due to volume Apmex submits to PCGS, I suspect their cutoff date was later.
i did just purchase a PF70 from Apmex off of eBay. The last one supposedly.
A few minutes after I realize it’s not a first strike label but just a PF70. Still price wasn’t that bad. Probably sell it.