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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 248337, member: 112&quot;]No they are not judged by the same standard - never have been. Coins are judged on standards according to date and mint, even if they are the same type. And it has absolutely nothing to do with market grading vs techinical grading. That is an entirely different issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Morgan dollar mentioned is a good example. For example, say the S mint coins were struck 70,000 pounds of pressure and the O mint coins with 60,000. It stands to reason that one is going to have a better quality strike because of higher striking pressures. And because of that the coins cannot be judged by the same standard in regard to quality of strike. So you have one set of standards for coins of a given date from 1 mint and another set of standards for coins from another mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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