Message:

<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 3295486, member: 31286&quot;]Well, the strikes on the New Orleans and Charlotte coins from this year (and other years) are often very weak.&nbsp; To me the grade, other than MS grades, should be based on wear - i.e., how it come out of the mint and what happened to is since - rather than grading on the strike for circulated coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a Quarter Eagle from New Orleans -same year - with an extraordinarily good strike for the issue and year.&nbsp; It&#039;s grade 55 despite the ding on the reverse, which with some other issues might have cost it a grade.&nbsp; The strike quality of this coin is very rare for 1840.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]872236[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

Your name or email address:

Do you already have an account?

• No, create an account now.
• Yes, my password is:
• Forgot your password?

Stay logged in