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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 490319, member: 5233&quot;]My view has always been that it&#039;s the upper MS grades that really become strike dependent.&nbsp; Below that, it doesn&#039;t IMHO because that&#039;s how the coin came from the mint.&nbsp; However, once you reach those upper grades where the condition of the coin is so similar, the nicer struck examples will begin to be more important.</p><p><br /></p><p>But, this argument comes back to the fact that no two coins at the same grade are equal and because of that the value&#039;s aren&#039;t equal.&nbsp; Here&#039;s an example.&nbsp; If you took two MS66 1892-O Morgan Dollar&#039;s...they are both equally worn and have the same amount of marks.&nbsp; The grade is primarily a representation of the condition of the coin based on how it was handled.&nbsp; Because of their condition, the coin&#039;s have the same grade.&nbsp; But, what if one of them is a nice strike and the other is an average for the date.&nbsp; They may grade the same but they certainly have a different value.</p><p><br /></p><p>I think too many people consider the numerical grade and the value to be absolutely connected...they aren&#039;t because of other factors.&nbsp; One of these factors is strike quality (another could be toning).&nbsp; Think about this, you have a &quot;normal&quot; strike 1892-O Morgan graded MS65.&nbsp; The second 1892-O is a very nice strike (superb for the date) but is too marked up to grade MS65.&nbsp; It&#039;s probably a true MS63 but because of the strike might market grade to MS64.&nbsp; What coin is more desirable?&nbsp; To me, it&#039;s the lower grade coin...it&#039;s probably more valuable too.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I personally feel that strike is the least important (by far) when it comes to the numerical grade of a coin.&nbsp; However, the individual characteristics of the coin may merit it being worth more or less than the &quot;typical&quot; price for the grade.&nbsp; When you reach those very high MS grades, I think strike becomes a lot more important.&nbsp; But, that&#039;s just my opinion.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I look at strike like I look at toning.&nbsp; It really doesn&#039;t raise the technical grade (usually), but it could make a significant difference in the price of the coin (either up or down).</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I feel that unless the coin is a very highly graded example (MS67+), then no...they don&#039;t deserve to be greater appreciated in the numerical grade IMHO.&nbsp; However, they will command a premium in value (and depending on the coin, it may be a very large premium).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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