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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GDJMSP, post: 3184982, member: 112&quot;]I feel I should point one thing out that is similar in a way but yet different from the question asked in this thread. </p><p><br /></p><p>There are a few examples of specific coins of given date/mint combinations that are graded differently, using different standards, than the other coins of the same series. For example, the early S mint Morgans are graded more stringently using tougher standards than are applied to other Morgans. This is because basically the entire mintage of those few dates/mint are exemplary. And the opposite is also true with some, and I stress some, of the O mint Morgans for their entire mintage is known for being poor examples so they are graded less stringently, more leniently than other Morgans. This same kind of thing applies to a few specific date/mint coins from other series and denominations.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some folks don&#039;t understand this reasoning, others think it is an invention of the TPGs, but it isn&#039;t. This principle is one of the oldest that we have in coin grading and it was established and accepted industry wide long before the TPGs were even thought of, let alone created. </p><p><br /></p><p>As for the why of it, it&#039;s pretty simple. It&#039;s because typically in any type, any series, any denomination, coins from any and all date/mint combinations are found to be all over the map when it comes to typical condition for MS examples. What I mean by that is that there will be a few to quite a few coins that were struck very well with very good surfaces, many with average strike and surfaces, and a few to very few with below average strike and surfaces, and some with downright poor strike and surfaces. Typically this is a function of how long a given set of dies was used to strike those coins. In other words when the dies are new and fresh they produce very nice coins, but as they wear the quality of the coins produced decreases steadily.</p><p><br /></p><p>And that is why when you find a given date/mint combination and all or almost all of them are exemplary, or poor - the rules for grading those specific coins change and become either more strict or more lenient. </p><p><br /></p><p>But as I said in the beginning that has nothing to do with the primary question asked in this thread. But it is worthy of note.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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