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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 404535, member: 112&quot;]As I said, you are missing something. You believe something that is not true. Allow me to quote from the 1st edition ANA grading guide, which is based on technical grading. </p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;If an uncirculated coin exhibits weakness due to striking or die wear, or unusual (for the variety) die wear, this must be adjectivally mentioned in addition to the grade. Examples are : MS60, lightly struck, or Choice Uncirculated, lightly struck, and MS70, lightly struck.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>As you can see, a coin being lightly struck does not affect the grade in the least, even in MS70 grade. </p><p><br /></p><p>However, in the market grading system, quality of strike does matter. I quote from the 6th edition of the ANA grading guide which is based on the market grading system.</p><p><br /></p><p>&quot;A coin which is MS65 from a technical o rnumerical viewpoint but which is lightly struck can be described as MS64, MS63 or some lower grade, without mentioning the weakness, this is the practice of most third party grading systems at present. A weakly struck coin cannot be graded as MS65 or finer. To qualify as MS65 a coin must have a fairly sharp strike (but not necesaarily a completely full strike).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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