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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 3018035, member: 68&quot;]Each date of cent has its unique characteristics.&nbsp; I consider the &#039;79 far tougher than the &#039;73&nbsp; because it is usually heavily marked. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s true the &#039;73 often has a weak strike especially on the steps but it comes extremely nice in the mint set quite often. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m a huge fan of good strikes on moderns but the &#039;73 cent has a good strike at least one time in twenty so isn&#039;t that tough.&nbsp; Look at the &#039;72-D.&nbsp; This one comes Gem very commonly and with solid strikes from new dies.&nbsp; But I&#039;ve never seen a &#039;72-D with all the numerals in the date fully formed.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A lot of the modern dates are overlooked because people have the mistaken notion that Gems are all common.&nbsp; The reality is that even nice BU&#039;s can be tough to find and Gems can be virtually non-existent.&nbsp; Try finding an &#039;84-(P) with nice surfaces if you don&#039;t believe me.&nbsp; I&#039;d guess they made fewer than 2000 Gems of this date and no more than a handful survive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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