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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SuperDave, post: 2756902, member: 1892&quot;]Not possible. One could be just as happy with the luster on a baggy MS63 as on an MS67, and aside outlier limits on the low side strike should not be a factor until (IMO) MS66 and above. If we adopt a sliding scale, with &quot;Technical Merit&quot; replacing &quot;Surface Preservation&quot; (although I believe you mean the same thing with that term) and rate the other factors on a 1-5 scale, followed by a &quot;Net&quot; grade, it could fly.</p><p><br /></p><p>Technical Merit: MS65</p><p>Luster: ****</p><p>Strike: ****</p><p>Eye Appeal: **</p><p>Net: MS65 </p><p><br /></p><p>The intangibles of luster and strike, with this issue, do not seem to vary widely enough to have great impact on the ultimate grade. Luster is generally more &quot;satiny&quot; than &quot;cartwheeling,&quot; and there are no features which can be held as examples of an &quot;outstanding&quot; strike. Therefore above a base level where they would deter from grade, it&#039;s difficult to rationalize increasing a grade via any mechanism other than &quot;eye appeal.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>And it&#039;s not a very eye-appealing coin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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