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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;C-B-D, post: 3076889, member: 43130&quot;]Disagree. It is in fact, part of the coins design, because the die produced that effect, and the coin was then struck to reflect perfectly what the die looked like.</p><p><br /></p><p>Now, as far as other aspects you mentioned, I am plainly biased. I grade like the TPG&#039;s grade. They take strike into account (such as full and weak) when grading. Makes sense. If you had to choose between two coins and one had a more complete strike than the other, then yeah, I would choose the better strike. So does PCGS, NGC, etc. Same goes for luster, (though I would argue that 99 coins out of 100 that have a different or weaker luster when compared to their counterpart, probably do because they&#039;ve been messed with).</p><p>However, when it comes to die cracks, the TPG&#039;s don&#039;t count that against the coin, and neither do I. I get that you think that&#039;s wrong and I&#039;ll agree that you can clearly argue it is inconsistent, but in my mind it makes sense. Look at the Walking Liberty design. I would say that without exception, every single year those were minted there was a strike weakness of Liberty&#039;s hand in the center of the obverse. And I would also say without exception that the possibility for an MS70 still exists because they were &quot;as struck&quot;. As far as I know there is no MS70 Walking Liberty half-dollar, but to me, the possibility still exists because that&#039;s the way they were struck. If there was a giant die crack on one of those coins but the luster was there and it was as struck and there were few hits and no circulation, then I would still great it on a 70 scale just like the tpg&#039;s do. So I separate out the die states of a series and grade based in the state of the die. Blows the mind, I know, but that&#039;s the way we do it.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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