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Message:: [QUOTE="cladking, post: 2210620, member: 68"]There's no standard definition for "full strike" for any coin in any series.  Any definition should really be adjusted to reflect the specific date/ mm.  There's truly no such thing as a 100% full strike and even the most hammered coin will show a strike defect if you look long enough.  Some coins are so fully hammered that apparent strike defects are probably actually die defects; a coin can't show detail that didn't exist oin the die.  Even the most hammered strikes from brand new Jefferson dies in the '60's often would show no steps at all.  Under these conditions defining "full strike" is like counting the number of angels which can dance on the head of a pin.  I call full strike "99% strike" which essentially just means more than 99% of the cavity in both the obverse and reverse die filled in the strike.  In other words I compare the coin to what a hammered specimen from the specific die pair would look like.  If the metal filled the die at least 99% I think of it as "full strike".  I'd personally call this coin "FS" even though it barely made it and FS isn't rare for the date.  I think it's a nice specimen despite its failings.  It's a nicely made and preserved specimen of the coins made in San Francisco in 1913.  It's far from hammered however.[/QUOTE]