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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 1142284, member: 112&quot;]Well not exactly. The reason that many collectors, and many experts such as Dave Bowers, are against the use of the special designations (or think them a gimmick in other words) is quite simple. It&#039;s because the special designation really does not give any indication of a coin being fully struck. </p><p><br /></p><p>You can use any of the special designations you want, for any coin, as an example. What you will find is that even though the coin may well meet the qualifications for the speical designation, you can find other areas of that coin that are weakly struck. Example - SLQ&#039;s that have the FH designation. On many of those coins you will see that some of the rivets on the shiled are often not even there. So saying that a FH SLQ is fully struck is rediculous. It&#039;s the same with all the others. </p><p><br /></p><p>THAT&#039;S why they think it is a gimmick. And it&#039;s kind of hard to say they are wrong given the evidence.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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