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Message:: [QUOTE="rld14, post: 562100, member: 16133"]Nope.  I am saying that the TPGs tend to be a bit forgiving on any early US coinage.  What will BB or "Genuine" a Morgan or Barber won't affect a lot of these coins gradewise.  And a lot of it is due to the nature of the beast, these weren't churned out by the tens of millions on steam-powered presses with hundreds of tons of pressure, these were largely made by hand.  And seeing as to the adjustment marks on the planchet are in areas where the strike is weak, I'll stick with it being a typically weak strike. See those scratches near the date?  Those are adjustment marks on the planchet and quite normal on coins like this, they also don't come fully and sharply struck.  Other than being untarnished from age, that coin was probably just as you see it now when it was minted. So, for this issue, the 1794 Flowing Hair Dollar, ths coin actually has light surface rub only, IMO it's probably an AU.  Technically it's a low grade AU, however these coins don't, and probably never did, exist with mint luster that you would see on machine struck coins. My ultimate goal is a date set of Heraldic Eagle Bust dollars, the same rules apply to those, they are tricky to grade and were, by our standards, produced using very crude methods.  Remember, this was WELL before the industrial revolution! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]