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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Spark1951, post: 24616974, member: 90692&quot;]The best advice I can give you is it takes time and experience to know the differences that apply to the coins you find, so don’t beat yourself up over it.&nbsp; You research and you learn, just like you are doing now.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regarding the weak strike question, versus being a grease/debris-filled die issue,</p><p>…because of the ambiguity of all the causes involved for weakness, you may not be able to determine which one it is because both results may be produced by either happenstance.&nbsp; For most of us long time collectors, I think I can say with a fair amount of confidence that we see a specific look to a coin and say: “Oh, yeah, that’s grease-filled” because we’ve seen a lot of them.&nbsp; Eventually, you too will be able to distinguish between them.</p><p><br /></p><p>One last point:&nbsp; All of us here on Coin Talk agree to disagree daily over all kinds of stuff.&nbsp; We do it as gentlemen with respect to others and their expertise.&nbsp; Sometimes you just can’t nail the shoe to the floor because there are too many variables driving the train.&nbsp; (Sorry for the mixed metaphore).&nbsp; But that’s what our hobby is all about.&nbsp; Finding, learning, sharing.&nbsp; I still learn everyday new things offered by our members.</p><p><br /></p><p>I hope this diatribe helps…Respectfully Submitted, Spark[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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