Posted 01/01/2006 8:41 pm
I won't try to guess the grade, but to address the question in your title (weak strike?) it looks to me like a fairly old set of dies (or maybe I should say well used dies, not necessarily old!) because there appears to be orange peel effect in the fields on both sides, and the lettering is weak, especially the "w" of we which starts fading away toward the rim, and other details kind of "mushy". It does look like there might be some steps visible though, maybe they sometimes just re-engraved steps, I don't know? Brighter lighting might show steps better like Metalman says. So, anyway, maybe not weak strike as much as worn dies.
