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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;900fine, post: 324029, member: 6036&quot;]This is an excellent thread for discussing &quot;weak strike&quot; in more depth.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are two ways to talk about a coin&#039;s strike - absolute and relative. Absolute means compared to the best any mint can do - or perhaps to all other coins in the US series.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>By that yardstick, this coin has a weak strike.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>But it&#039;s more useful to talk about how strong is this coin&#039;s strike relative to others of the same issue (or even type).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>By that yardstick, this coin has a pretty good strike.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The Type II gold dollars are one of the most notoriously poorly struck series in all US coinage. The poor striking actually led them to change the design after only two years, leaving this series with a portrait of Liberty unique to Type II G$1s.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;ve seen Type I and III gold dollars so weakly struck, numerals of the date are missing - on MS specimens !</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Even MS specimens often have weak hair details.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Going only by pictures, I&#039;m sticking with my AU50 market grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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