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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fiddlehead, post: 2774193, member: 31286&quot;]The 1874 CC double eagle - many if not most have really bad obverse strikes (there seems to be one variety that has a better strike).&nbsp; I picked this up recently because it&#039;s really lovely in hand, is far less beat up than most and it fit my budget.&nbsp; It&#039;s graded XF40 and was accepted by CAC.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been studying pics of this year wherever I can and used a loupe to try and discern wear vs strike (since I learned here some of the basics about how to do that - smooth VS bumpy-ish!).&nbsp; Most of the flatness in the devices on this coin look like they from a bad strike - they&#039;re granual - actually very little seems smooth from wear and it has lots of luster.&nbsp; I found good pics of a coin that was graded by NGC as xf45+ and it seemed to me to have either more wear or an even worse strike.&nbsp; Even lower AU coins of the same variety look similar to this.&nbsp; Could it have been net graded because of the black dot and bag marks in lower right corner?&nbsp; the dot is far less prominent to the eye than the pics - seems like the pics emphasize it more than it is.&nbsp; Does PCGS grade lower for poor strike than NGC?&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]640369[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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