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Message:: [QUOTE="Insider, post: 4556382, member: 24314"]johnmilton, posted: "The only solution to this is to make the slab label bigger or the print smaller. [??]  A poorly struck AU is worth less than a well struck AU. That is simply a fact." Of course it is a FACT!   A coin with a hole in it is worth less than one without.  So what?   The twenty cent piece looks to have a normal strike to me. As I posted it is very under graded.  I hope the OP does a GTG on CU.  I'll be looking for it even though I'm banned over there. CamaroDMD, posted:  "Yes...it's worth less.  But AU wear is AU wear.  The TPG is grading the coin not providing a value.  The value is for the market to decide." That is THE WAY an ideal coin grading system SHOULD WORK.  Unfortunately, it does not.  <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> CamaroDMD, asked:  "In your opinion...should this coin have been straight graded then?  If so...what do you make of the hairlines in the fields?  My initial thought was the coin had been scrubbed with something. What grade do you think this coin deserves?  I thought the wear was AU range but felt it had been harshly cleaned." From the image alone, it has an AU-50 amount of design detail or at worst an XF-45 amount.   I went through a "stage" when I thought any coin with hairlines was cleaned.  I discovered that is not the case.[/QUOTE]