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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;John Anthony, post: 1605334, member: 42773&quot;]In another thread, Lyds was telling me about weak strikes in the Kennedy series, particularly in the 70&#039;s. My question is: does PCGS grade on a curve when it comes to weak strikes? For instance...</p><p><br /></p><p>This is the photograde pic of the shield/eagle bust corresponding to MS65...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s9.postimage.org/m2zg5hrtn/ms65ra.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>And here is a pic of a 71d graded by PCGS at MS65...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://postimage.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://postimage.org/" rel="nofollow"><img src="http://s9.postimage.org/c88az9nvf/ms65nota.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p><br /></p><p>The latter coin doesn&#039;t display any of the detail an MS65 should have, by PCGS&#039;s own standards. They say an MS65 should exhibit an above-average strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>So are they grading on a curve? I notice this pattern a lot in the 70&#039;s: otherwise well-struck coins with very weak features on the shield/eagle head.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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