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Valued Member
United States
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Obviously this will get a lot of opinions but I'm curious if you care more about strike quality or grade when you purchase. For example I would be willing to sacrifice a couple of MS points on grade if the strike quality is better on the lower graded coin such as SLQ's. Let me hear what you feel about this.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I care about something that's right in the middle and that's a factor of both: eye-appeal.
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United States
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This is an interesting but very tough question.
Some date/mm lincoln cents, for example, are known for weak strikes so well struck examples are prized.
Many capped bust halves, for example, struck with weak or cracked (or both) dies are prized.
It all depends, changes series to series.
Edited by noD
04/25/2014 8:40 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Luster and toning are at the top of the list for me.
Grade and strike quality is up there too... Along with being problem-free...
Now that I think about them, I would like a lustrous, toned, high-grade, well-struck, problem-free coin. Dreamy!
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United States
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Both are important, but in some coins a great strike nay be too rare to wait for.
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Both are important, but in some coins a great strike nay be too rare to wait for.  In my eccentric area of focus there is one variety that is next to impossible to find in High grade and good strike. Its a London Mint 1780 dated Maria Theresa Thaler. Millions of these coins were produced between 1937 and 1960 by the London mint. They are easy to find but for all the looking I only have one coin that makes UNC an that one is weakly struck on a high point( the main crown) In 8 years of looking I have only found that one coin in high grade..and now a second is currently on sale on ebay and again it suffer's from being weakly struck on the reverse. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I really don't care. As long as I like the coin, to me that is what is important. The grades and strikes are usually only something stated on a slab and I just throw them out anyway.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The girl friend of a coin dealer friend of mine, who has learned a LOT about coins and designs jewelry, told me, "You collect by strike." Well I had to ask her for an explanation and I agreed with her, Within the Barber Series are many coins, most often from New Orleans, with poor to mediocre strikes. So when I see an unusually
strong strike with eye appeal I ignore the price guides and pay the asking price.
Compare a VF with a strong strike and eye appeal to an XF weakly struck and so-so eye appeal. I'll go for the VF.
just carl makes a good point - he buys what he likes.
And I like strong strikes with great eye appeal.
Your preference will be your own.
Edited by matthewvincent
04/27/2014 1:02 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I believe that the grade will be higher if a coin has a decent strike.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Right, isn't strike quality taken into account when the coin is graded?
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Posted 04/25/2014 8:33 pm
