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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cladking, post: 2833765, member: 68&quot;]I use it specifically to refer to a coin that is BU and is well struck from good dies and has minimal hits and scratches.&nbsp; Some of the coins the services grade MS-67 I don&#039;t even call a Gem but then some of the coins they grade MS-64 are Gems. </p><p><br /></p><p>Low end Gems I call &quot;gemmy&quot;. </p><p><br /></p><p>Truly nice &#039;84-P cents are quite scarce by any definition.&nbsp; Most have poor surfaces and plating issues.&nbsp; I&#039;ve looked at hundreds of mint set coins and have seen only one coin I&#039;d call a &quot;GEM&quot;.&nbsp; Roll coins tend to be much worse.&nbsp; The &#039;86&#039;s both come nice but there aren&#039;t many sitting in rolls and roll coins of this date often tarnish or corrode.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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