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Colhand1 Pillar of the Community United States 629 Posts	Posted 08/18/2014 10:25 am With the Mercury dime, people look for full split bands. On Franklin half dollars - the key is having full bell lines. It would seem to me that on a very well struck $1, that the canoe would have a full line from one end to the other, with the critical location at the middle. (The line is located at the Gunwale) Would we call this full Canoe line? FCL If this is present, would you agree that the coin has been fully struck and a good indicator of a top grade? I find that this complete line is hard to find. Your thoughts? Report this Post to the Staff

JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21637 Posts	Posted 08/18/2014 3:13 pm I have about 150 silver dollars mostly MS and the canoe line runs through on most of them. A broken canoe line usually means signs of wear as this is the first point of contact on the reverse side. That being said, I do have a Cameo PL65 dollar with a poor strike where the line is broken. Report this Post to the Staff
Colhand1 Pillar of the Community United States 629 Posts	Posted 08/19/2014 09:38 am Since it's a high point of the dollar, it tends not to have the full strike that I want in a coin - I see more examples of where the line is not complete than complete. I don't agree with you about the broken line as being a sign of wear. So your saying that the coins that you have that are MS that do not have the line complete are a sign of wear? What I am looking for in is a well struck - full strike coin. On P/L 1953-1967 dollars you can see a weakness of the strike on the shoulder of the Queen even on nicely struck coins. Then what features of the dollar do your eyes go to first to establish it as a full strike coin? Report this Post to the Staff
JimmyD Bedrock of the Community Canada 21637 Posts	Posted 08/19/2014 11:55 am No- The few MS coins (Queens) I have with a broken line are due to a poor strike. This is more common on the Queens than on Georges that were a better quality . If they were broken due to wear, they would not be graded MS. I usually look at the reverse side first to see if the trees and canoe line are poorly struck or worn. This is just me as I am sure everyone has their own method. Report this Post to the Staff
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