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<p>[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 460704, member: 4381"]I don't want to beat to this to death but your wouldn't describe a O morgan was full breasted when its not. As I quoted, they allow for "mushy" head strikes and clear ones. So its not just an issue of the die and design, but the designation itself.</p><p><br /></p><p>Also, in a similar vein, if a Jefferson Nickel design was released with no stairs...no stairs at all on the design...would you designate them as Full Steps? No, it would be silly. And if the stairs were just different and less detailed, but possible to get full stairs, yet will less detail, would you pass nickels without the detail as full stairs just because the design makes it harder? No you wouldn't. But that is what this standard is saying.</p><p><br /></p><p>Look, regardless of the design, you can either see the full head or you can't/ This has nothing to do with the grade. You can have a MS-68 without a full head.</p><p><br /></p><p>Ruben[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mrbrklyn, post: 460704, member: 4381"]I don't want to beat to this to death but your wouldn't describe a O morgan was full breasted when its not. As I quoted, they allow for "mushy" head strikes and clear ones. So its not just an issue of the die and design, but the designation itself. Also, in a similar vein, if a Jefferson Nickel design was released with no stairs...no stairs at all on the design...would you designate them as Full Steps? No, it would be silly. And if the stairs were just different and less detailed, but possible to get full stairs, yet will less detail, would you pass nickels without the detail as full stairs just because the design makes it harder? No you wouldn't. But that is what this standard is saying. Look, regardless of the design, you can either see the full head or you can't/ This has nothing to do with the grade. You can have a MS-68 without a full head. Ruben[/QUOTE]
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