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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 436902, member: 15309&quot;]Occasionally, you will find a coin that has such extraordinary qualities in certain grading respects that the TPG will almost ignore the deficient aspect of the coin&#039;s grade.&nbsp; I have found such a specimen in the upcoming Heritage signature auction.&nbsp; It is a 1924 Peace Dollar NGC MS67.&nbsp; I will display the photos of the coin below as well as a link to the auction lot.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Peace%20Dollars/Peace1924MS67Obv.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Peace%20Dollars/Peace1924MS67Rev.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Peace%20Dollars/Peace1924MS67.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&amp;Lot_No=1570" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&amp;Lot_No=1570" rel="nofollow">http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=1117&amp;Lot_No=1570</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Just to refresh everyone&#039;s memory the four elements of grading are surface preservation, strike, luster, and eye appeal.&nbsp; My question is this.&nbsp; Is it OK to ignore one deficient aspect of grading when the other 3 factors are superlative.&nbsp; In this case the coin is phenomenally lustrous and preserved equating to what must be incredible eye appeal.&nbsp; However, the strike on this coin is really bad.&nbsp; Not only is it not above average, it is not even complete.&nbsp; This is far and away the most weakly struck MS67 I have ever seen and that includes the Buffalo Nickel series.</p><p><br /></p><p>Personally, I have no problem with this coin residing in an MS67 holder, but the strike of this coin should limit the grade to MS64 if you are taking strike into consideration.&nbsp; We all know that Peace Dollars are softly struck, but this is well below average even for a Peace Dollar.&nbsp; It is almost eerie to see such a fabulous coin with such a soft strike.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Well I will leave it up to you gentlemen.&nbsp; Is it ever OK to ignore one element of a coins grade?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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