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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 414279, member: 112&quot;]Understand your point Jim, and many would agree with you. But die cracks are after all a flaw in the die, and I just can&#039;t bring myself to give a coin a GEM grade when it has major die cracks which are due to a flaw. Consider if you will that there are plenty of coins struck with that die before it cracked. Would it be logical to grade this coin the same as one of those coins without the die cracks, assuming they were equal excepting the cracks ? </p><p><br /></p><p>There are other things, that manmy people forget, that must be considered when grading a coin besides bag/contact marks, quality of strike, luster, hairlines and eye appeal. They are the coin must be well centered, planchet characteristics and marks in the die. Die cracks are marks in the die.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now I will readily admit that even the ANA grading guide says that &quot;rarely will die cracks affect the grade of a coin&quot;, but that is really all it says about them. It doesn&#039;t even discuss them in regard to MS coins. But given the situation that I described above, with and without, I hardly think they can be, or should be ignored. Of course that is just my opinion. But it sure makes sense to me.</p><p><br /></p><p>As for the &#039;55 DDO, that is hardly the same. It is a variety while die cracks are an error. A fine line perhaps, but still a line.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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