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<p>[QUOTE="CoinCorgi, post: 3172209, member: 88934"]On this matter, I think that this category/group of designations is intended to be an indication of the strike quality (am I correct?). PL and DMPL in my opinion are truly much better indicators of strike quality than most* of the "Full" designations.</p><p><br /></p><p>A coin can have full steps but plenty of other areas that are poorly struck. On the otherhand, a single bag mark on an extremely well struck coin can prevent it from getting Full Steps and this make no sense - it IS a well struck coin but a hit from another coin (which has nothing to do with how a coin is struck in the press) means it won't get a Full Steps and for some reason that means it isn't a well struck coin. Most people can see past these little inconsistencies (I like to think I do) but it still makes no sense <u>to me</u>.</p><p><br /></p><p>*I might concede that a Full Head on a SLQ more often than not is a good indicator of strike quality. Although I have seen TPG's have mis-label some as FH that really aren't.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="CoinCorgi, post: 3172209, member: 88934"]On this matter, I think that this category/group of designations is intended to be an indication of the strike quality (am I correct?). PL and DMPL in my opinion are truly much better indicators of strike quality than most* of the "Full" designations. A coin can have full steps but plenty of other areas that are poorly struck. On the otherhand, a single bag mark on an extremely well struck coin can prevent it from getting Full Steps and this make no sense - it IS a well struck coin but a hit from another coin (which has nothing to do with how a coin is struck in the press) means it won't get a Full Steps and for some reason that means it isn't a well struck coin. Most people can see past these little inconsistencies (I like to think I do) but it still makes no sense [U]to me[/U]. *I might concede that a Full Head on a SLQ more often than not is a good indicator of strike quality. Although I have seen TPG's have mis-label some as FH that really aren't.[/QUOTE]
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