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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 2140753, member: 112&quot;]Something that I think is important but hasn&#039;t been mentioned yet is that a weak strike can rarely have any impact on the grade of a circulated coin. There are exceptions of course, but those exceptions are pretty well known and few in number. The exceptions can also be easily identified by looking at MS examples. How ? Well, if the missing detail is not present on an MS example rather obviously it is also going to be missing on a circulated example. But those missing details on the MS example, that&#039;s all that can be attributed to the weak strike. Any additional missing detail on the circ example must be attributed to wear. Sadly that is not always the case when people, or the TPGs, grade these circ coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>The additional missing detail is the most important part when grading circ examples of known weakly struck coins for that is the part that truly tells the story of how much wear the coin has undergone. So if you want to grade circ examples, first study MS examples so that you are thoroughly familiar with exactly what details are missing and what ones are not. It is important to note that this applies to the exceptions and typical coins.</p><p><br /></p><p>I say that because on a typical coin the only part of the details that may be missing due to a weak strike are the very highest points of the coin. On the exceptions this is no the case at all, like on the no D or weak D cent, the mint mark is not a high point, but yet it is missing or weak.</p><p><br /></p><p>I guess the point I&#039;m trying to get to is that it is not uncommon for circ coins to be over-graded because some doing the grading attribute missing detail to a weak strike instead of wear. So be careful when judging the grade of circ coins for yourself. Do a quick comparison, it will tell you a lot.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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