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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CamaroDMD, post: 491095, member: 5233&quot;]But they are more valuable...much more so.&nbsp; It&#039;s just like toning.&nbsp; Does toning raise the grade of a coin?&nbsp; Absolutely not, I know some TPGs do bump them...but the toning doesn&#039;t really raise the grade.&nbsp; A well struck example of a coin...especially a coin from a known weakly struck mint raises the value of the coin tremendously...just like attractive toning does.</p><p><br /></p><p>I fully agree with the ANA about strike.&nbsp; The coin&#039;s strike should be evaluated based on what is normal for that mint and date.&nbsp; As the MS grade gets higher, the strike does need to be better.&nbsp; &quot;Mint state&quot; means the state the coin came in from the mint.&nbsp; It&#039;s an evaluation primarily of the coin&#039;s condition and preservation...not the quality of it&#039;s manufacture.&nbsp; If it came from the mint with a poor strike, that&#039;s MS for that coin.&nbsp; Will a nicer struck example be worth more?&nbsp; Yes, of course.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I guess my big question is, what do you think the strike standard to for a series should be?&nbsp; Do you find the best struck year of a series (for Morgan&#039;s: 1880-S or 1881-S) and hold the whole series to that level?&nbsp; Do you find an intermediately struck mint and date and say that is the &quot;normal&quot; strike for the series?&nbsp; Or what?&nbsp; These coins were minted for a long time under very different circumstances.&nbsp; You really can&#039;t hold them all to the same standard.&nbsp; A knowledgeable collector will know what years have good strikes or poor strikes and can judge the coin accordingly.&nbsp; But, in my opinion, the strike of a coin doesn&#039;t play a large part in the technical grade...although for upper MS coins, it does have some say.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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