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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 491049, member: 15309&quot;]Wow, I think I really explained my point about luster badly.&nbsp; What I meant was that you can have an MS67 Morgan Dollar with frosty luster or one with semi-prooflike surfaces and both are acceptable even though they are different.&nbsp; With strike, the design is the same.&nbsp; If a particular mint decided to reduce striking pressure in order to prolong die life, that should not entitle those coins to an artificially higher grade that dismisses the weak strike.&nbsp; I believe it should be just the opposite.&nbsp; The well struck examples from that mint with should be the only ones with the shot at gem status which would make them more rare and valuable.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just because the TPG&#039;s make allowances for strike or luster based on different minting conditions, does not mean they should.&nbsp; It is a matter of opinion.&nbsp; I think that if they did not make these allowances, collectors would understand the grading practices more and it would give their grades more validity and credibility.&nbsp; Otherwise, they should provide a written document with each graded coin that explains the grade and the allowances made.&nbsp; Now we know that is ridiculous and never going to happen.&nbsp; I say, forget how the coin was made, and simply grade the result.&nbsp; If it is poorly struck, MS64 or below.</p><p><br /></p><p>This may surprise most here, but I actually despise when the TPG&#039;s bump coins based on eye appeal for superb toning.&nbsp; I understand that they are trying to market grade the coin to a certain dollar amount, but that amount is never the actual market price of the coin anyway, so the bump in grade is meaningless.&nbsp; Of course there are exceptions, but it makes no difference to me if the rainbow toned common date Morgan Dollar is MS63 or MS64, I am going to pay the same price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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