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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;medoraman, post: 1254926, member: 26302&quot;]Offcenter is not uncommon at all, but I have never heard of an ancient where perfectly struck coins do not exist for the issue. Having said that, regarding Cucumbor&#039;s remark, I agree aVF is not quite the same as VF offcenter, but I was between aVF and VF on the first coin, and the existence of the offcenter strike made me grade aVF. </p><p><br /></p><p>Both are acceptable, but unfortunately what happens all too often is VF offcenter becomes VF, without a thorough description of the coin, or new collectors value a VF off center, (many times by a dealer saying its &quot;normal&quot;, higher than a aVF. I grade for market value, so any defect to me lowers the value. If everyone was as knowledgable as us concerning grading then I agree VF offcenter would be preferable to aVF, but many collectors aren&#039;t. Since they aren&#039;t, I prefer to market grade and add a touch of fuzziness to the technical grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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