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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1823425, member: 112&quot;]Consider this, Q. David Bowers when looking for coins for his own collection ignores the special designations. Why ? He says it&#039;s because he much prefers to select coins that actually have a good quality strike as opposed to coins that have one specific &amp; tiny area struck well.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I said recently in another thread, it is not uncommon to find coins that have the special designation but yet are weakly, even poorly struck in other areas. The example I used in the other thread was Jefferson nickels. It&#039;s pretty common to see Jeffs that have the FS designation, but yet when you look at the details of Monticello you can barely see some of the windows and doors, let alone the other details of the building.</p><p><br /></p><p>So which would you rather have - a coin that has the FS special designation, or one without it because of a tiny hit or break in the steps but yet is struck well enough to actually see the details of Monticello ? Especially considering that the coin without the special designation is going to cost you less, often a lot less.</p><p><br /></p><p>I can tell you right now, with absolutely no doubt, that you are going to find far, far, more coins that have the special designation than you are going to find those that have good detail on Monticello. The same is also true of all the other special designations.</p><p><br /></p><p>The point of this all is that the special designation is NOT a good indicator that the given coin is well struck. But yet that is exactly what the special designation is &quot;supposed&quot; to be - an indicator of a good strike. At least that is what most people believe. But the reality is it simply is not true.</p><p><br /></p><p>Use your eyes and think, and forget what the slab says, regardless of whose slab it is <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie2" alt=";)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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