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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 151121, member: 112&quot;]I would grade it as MS63 - as has been mentioned the hit on the nose is holding it back from a higher grade. And yes it does have a weak strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>As to your other question CT - there is more than one type of luster when dealing with Morgans. The normal cartwheel luster which is the most common and is typically found on nearly all unc coins - and then there is frost. Frost is also a type of luster, but it is not found on all Morgans. It is caused by the way the dies were prepared, not by metal flow like ordinary luster, and is typically only found on coins struck with fresh dies. And frost is much more fragile than metal flow luster - it can be rubbed off quite easily by two coins coming in contact with one another in a coin bag or in the mint hopper as they are being struck. </p><p><br /></p><p>But with ordinary luster, caused by metal flow during the strike, if two coins come in contact with one another the luster is rarely impaired. Yes there may well be a mark or ding but that is the extent of it - it will be a small mark or ding. It won&#039;t look like a large mark like it does on a frosted coin. In fact if two coins without frost come together flat surface to flat surface there may not be a mark at all - but if they are frosted there will be one.</p><p><br /></p><p>So you might now ask what about a frosted coin that has seen circulation ? How can you tell the difference then ? Well, it&#039;s not as hard as you might think. For since frost is so fragile, if a frosted coin enters circulation the frost disappears very quickly and other signs of wear show as well. So instead of seeing a coin with frost breaks like the one posted here, you would see a coin with relatively few small patches of frost remaining. That is the easiest way to tell an unc frosted coin from a circulated frosted coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hope that helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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