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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 4490396, member: 37839&quot;]Actually, there is a curious phenomenon with New Orleans strikes.&nbsp; Often, one will get a nicely struck obverse, that is average to above average in quality.&nbsp; Then, when one turns the coin over, the response is “yuck.”&nbsp; A solid mid to high grade o mint Morgan can have an awful looking reverse, with denuded breast feathers, fuzzy wing tips, and faint, gutless looking eagle talons.&nbsp; It must have been in the press alignment, where the obverse of the planchet got hit decently by the die, but the reverse did not get decent pressure from the die.&nbsp; One ends up with disappointing looking coins—attractive obverse, with details, and a reverse that is, well, fugly.&nbsp; This happens often, so that with gem grade o mint Morgans, there is a premium for a really attractive coin in good grade.&nbsp; TPGs are aware of this, and the market sees a lot of “net graded” or obverse weighted examples.&nbsp; For instance, a 65 obverse, and a 63 reverse =64.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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