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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 1913632, member: 15309&quot;]The argument that I made about strike can easily be made about high point friction.&nbsp; Almost all St Gaudens double eagles exhibit friction on the high points of the design.&nbsp; Without allowing for roll friction, the TPGs would be forced to grade every coin an AU coin.&nbsp; The result would be that this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Roll%20Friction/Saint1908PCGS_zps2ada6cd2.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Roll%20Friction/Saint1908PCGSleg_zps9c4ddf49.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>would be graded the same as this coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Roll%20Friction/Saint1908NGC.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Roll%20Friction/Saint1908NGcleg.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The TPGs need to be able to differentiate coins of different quality.&nbsp; When rules are made that limit the grade of coins, it inhibits their ability to differentiate quality and necessitates the need for exceptions to the rule.&nbsp; Roll friction is an exception to the rule that wear relegates a coin to an AU grade.&nbsp; In practice, the TPGs look for friction in the fields of a coin in order to deem a coin AU.&nbsp; High point wear does not condemn a coin to AU status.&nbsp; Now you might not like it, but if you collected Saints, you might be very quick to change your mind.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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