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LibertyEagle20 Pillar of the Community United States 1278 Posts	Posted Yesterday 3:29 pm I primarily collect Peace dollars and walkers. In these series there are quite a few years/mm that typically are weakly struck. I actively target these "typically weak struck" coins as I find it to be a fun hunt to look for the few that have a solid strike. Anyway I really don't see much competition at all. You could put a well struck Peace dollar side by side with a weak one and as long as the labels are the same (ex ms63), there's zero premium. Feels like almost everyone on ebay buys the holder and not the coin. How much do you let a coins strike quality weigh into your decision to buy it or not? Report this Post to the Staff

I6609 Pillar of the Community United States 1326 Posts	Posted Yesterday 8:13 pm If you are gona tell me there are going to grade the same I want the one with the better strike. It shows the details better. Report this Post to the Staff
publius Pillar of the Community United States 870 Posts	Posted Yesterday 8:14 pm As a general rule, I would definitely prefer a well-struck specimen with some circulation wear to a poorly-struck UNC coin. I prefer detail lost by doing the work coins are made for, to detail that was never there to begin with. On the other hand, one of my favourite coins is not particularly well struck, though it has a pretty amazing reason. So far as I can tell, this coin was struck in the process of setting up the coining presses at the Bangkok Mint, which had been ordered from Heaton in Birmingham, along with dies, by King Mongkut for his project of replacing the "bullet money" ticals by a European-style round, flat coinage. Report this Post to the Staff
Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 79555 Posts	Posted Yesterday 9:27 pm To me, it doesn't really matter much. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7359 Posts	Posted Yesterday 9:34 pm Quote: quite a few years/mm that typically are weakly struck. That and price are the main reasons why my Peace dollar Album is halfway filled. Work in progress for over a decade. Edited by Greasy Fingers Yesterday 9:35 pm Report this Post to the Staff
NumismaticsFTW Pillar of the Community United States 2325 Posts	Posted Yesterday 11:20 pm Strike quality definitely matters to me. I've passed on many coins that didn't make the cut. Unfortunately you're right, most collectors buy the holder, not the coin. You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Edited by NumismaticsFTW Yesterday 11:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 196466 Posts	Posted Today 2H 21M ago Quote: On the other hand, one of my favourite coins is not particularly well struck, though it has a pretty amazing reason. Very interesting! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
LandonM Valued Member United States 100 Posts	Posted Today 42M ago Despite my strenuous warnings my wife decided to start collecting Walkers (because they ARE gorgeous coins) and I told her that was fine, but she had to learn how to grade them before we started laying out for MS coins. Getting weak strike/circulation wear right on these is really, really hard. It's too easy for coin show bozos to ezest an lustrous AU (or even XF) coin and claim it's weak strike that unless you really, truly know what you're doing and where to look/what to look for to establish strength of strike, it's just too easy to get smoked. What you're saying is definitely correct, but I question if the tides of numismatics are flowing in such a way that there will be enough people capable of making that distinction for it to meaningfully show up in market prices. It did in the 90s, but today's a good bit different. Edited by LandonM Today 40M ago Report this Post to the Staff
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