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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 491120, member: 15309&quot;]I have to disagree.&nbsp; I do not see huge premiums paid for well struck coins like I see with toned coins.&nbsp; The second coin in this thread is graded as high as they go.&nbsp; Another coin with the same grade might draw a small premium, but we are not talking multiples here.&nbsp; If a well struck example realized more than a 10% premium over this coin, I would be surprised.</p><p><br /></p><p>I understand that strike is not an aspect of technical grading and I don&#039;t dispute or have a problem with that.&nbsp; However, the TPG&#039;s don&#039;t use technical grading, they use market grading for which they admit that strike is an element.&nbsp; I will list PCGS&#039;s published standards for the assigned grades from THE OFFICIAL GUIDE TO COIN GRADING AND COUNTERFEIT DETECTION.</p><p><br /></p><p>MS60-63-------STRIKE MAY NOT BE FULL</p><p>MS64----------STRIKE SHOULD BE AVERAGE OR ABOVE</p><p>MS65----------ABOVE AVERAGE STRIKE</p><p>MS66----------GOOD STRIKE</p><p>MS67----------VERY WELL STRUCK</p><p>MS68----------SLIGHTEST WEAKNESS OF STRIKE ALLOWED</p><p>MS69----------NEAR FULL STRIKE NECESSARY</p><p>MS70----------FULL STRIKE</p><p><br /></p><p>How would you classify the strike on coin #2.&nbsp; I would certainly classify it as below average which would place the coin in the MS63 range.&nbsp; However, by all other factors the coin is an MS67.&nbsp; So they market graded the coin by bumping the grade.&nbsp; And no, they didn&#039;t bump it to MS65 or 66, they said hell with the strike, this coin is an MS67.</p><p><br /></p><p>My problem with that is simple, they would never allow a Peace Dollar with a large mark on the surface to grade as an MS67 even if the mark was hidden in a non focal area and the strike, luster, and eye appeal were at the MS67 level.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am of the opinion that coins should have grade limiting strikes just like they have grade limiting marks.&nbsp; Don&#039;t get me wrong, it is a pretty coin, but it ain&#039;t an MS67 no matter what NGC says.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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