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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cdcda, post: 52250, member: 941&quot;]The New Orleans mint, on average, produced coins that had a much weaker strike than those produced at any of the other mints. Although this was not the case with every year, for instance the 1882 and 1885&#039;s were both average, but it was most certainly the case for the 1884. </p><p><br /></p><p>Unfortunately, what you have hear is a coin with a very weak strike. I would guesss that if you look at the reverse of the coin you will see a similar lack of detail in the eagle&#039;s breast - the other area most effected by a weak strike. Since the 1884 is very common with a weak strike, NGC took this into account when grading the coin. As a matter of fact, if the coin had a strong strike and a similar state of surface preservation and eye appeal, they might have bumped the grade to MS64 on the basis of the strike![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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