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Originally Posted by laz Well,I guess,but you can also have a weakly struck coin grading BU and that doesn't have anything to do with the grade.Grading is simply the measure of wear that any given coin has recieved.Otherwise,a die trial grading BU moght recieve a net grade of VG8 Just a little food for thought,we aren't talking about strikes when discussing grades,we are discussing wear,pure and simple.~ Jim |
I'd have to disagree with you laz. BU is a generic term only - meaning as I'm sure you know - Brilliant Uncirculated. Yes - you can have a BU coin that is weakly struck. But no - BU has absolutely nothing to do with a coins grade. What's more - for a coin to be classified as BU - it has no wear at all. That is what uncirculated means.
But strike on the other hand is one of the primary grading criteria used by all of the grading services - the ANA - every coin dealer I ever met - every coin collector I ever met - and every professional numismatist I ever even heard of.
And there are 11 seperate grades of uncirculated - not just 1. And none of these 11 grades can show any wear at all. And this is where strike quality comes into the picture. So yes - strike matters a great deal when grading a coin.
