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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1662745, member: 112&quot;]I actually think the bottom coin has a weaker strike than the top coin does. But it is deceiving because I would agree with you that the bottom coin was struck with a fairly new obverse die. And that can fool you into thinking the strike was stronger.</p><p><br /></p><p>What you are saying about a weakly struck coin showing weakness on both sides is correct. But if one of the dies is new and the other worn then weakness will still be on both sides, but it will be much more obvious on the worn die side than it will be on the new die side. This is because the worn die side has two problems going against it - weak strike plus worn die - while the other only has 1 problem going against it - weak strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now Jeffs are notorious for having weak strikes. This is even true of Jeffs struck with 2 new dies, and even on FS Jeffs. Finding a well struck Jeff is hard to do, more so for some years than others. Well struck Jeffs are not denoted by them being FS. They are denoted by full or nearly full details of Monticello.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that is the secret to these 2 Jeffs as well. The first was struck with 2 worn dies, and weakly struck as just about all of them are. The second was struck with 1 worn die, and 1 new or fairly new die. But if you look at the details of Monticello on the second coin you can see that those details are much worse, fainter, than they are in the first coin. This indicates that the second coin actually had the weaker strike of the two.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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