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<p>[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2211049, member: 68"]Yes. It's either FS or it's not. It's either 99% FS or it's not. </p><p> </p><p>The problem is there will always be "tweeners" AND differences of opinion. I don't have an expert opinion on the '13-S but in my limited experience this one is a 99% strike but just barely. An expert might differ because he knows more about it or he might just differ over opinion as based on definitions. </p><p> </p><p>You can't define MS-70 or PR-70 as "perfect" because no coin is perfect. You can't define a strike as full or not full because no strike and no die is perfect. A hammered 1961-D nickel from a brand new die probably won't have Full Steps. Are we going to say there are no fully struck coins of this date? It's like a test in school; it doesn't mean anything if everyone gets them all right or all wrong.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cladking, post: 2211049, member: 68"]Yes. It's either FS or it's not. It's either 99% FS or it's not. The problem is there will always be "tweeners" AND differences of opinion. I don't have an expert opinion on the '13-S but in my limited experience this one is a 99% strike but just barely. An expert might differ because he knows more about it or he might just differ over opinion as based on definitions. You can't define MS-70 or PR-70 as "perfect" because no coin is perfect. You can't define a strike as full or not full because no strike and no die is perfect. A hammered 1961-D nickel from a brand new die probably won't have Full Steps. Are we going to say there are no fully struck coins of this date? It's like a test in school; it doesn't mean anything if everyone gets them all right or all wrong.[/QUOTE]
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