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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jaelus, post: 2091893, member: 46237&quot;]I misread what you were saying, but it seems to me that something produced <i>intentionally</i> by the mint is an official mint product. At that point, though we may not like it aesthetically, it cannot be considered a flaw in terms of grading.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The <i>die</i> is by definition flawed, however, a <i>coin</i> produced from that die is not. You get a perfect coin, faithfully representing the flawed die used to strike it. It doesn&#039;t look the same as a coin struck from a flawless die, nor should you expect it to.</p><p><br /></p><p>The foundation of your argument was that die cracks on coins are <i>flaws</i>, and that a coin with such a flaw <i>cannot</i> be graded equally to one without such a flaw. I do not believe you have proved your point.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have provided specific examples in this thread that clearly demonstrate high mint state coins can be produced from irregular dies and graded equally to ones without irregularities, and that this is considered market acceptable. Clearly the TPGs do not agree with your assumption that the cracks constitute flaws.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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