Does " as struck" mean mint?

Smittys

farthing

I've always read as struck in descriptions as meaning that the "damage" is not post-mint damage

lordmarcovan

In a Roman coin context, I do believe "as struck" is often used to mean Mint State, yes. Whether those really are or not, I can't tell from the pictures.

As farthing mentioned, "as struck" is also used in another context, to mean that a flaw or error or other aspect of a coin is from the mint and not post-mint. (For example, "incomplete planchet, as struck", or something like that).

MadMuffin

I often see the term "as struck" used on two different occasions:

1) The coin is a crude issue that makes it very hard or impossible to grade "uncirculated". This could be the case with some hand struck or cast coins. In this case "as struck" would mean that the coin doesn't appear to be worn, but on the other hand doesn't look uncirculated by the usual standards. This could apply to your coins.

2) The coin is struck to modern standards but has some flaw or lack of detail. In this case the term "as struck" is sometimes abused IMO by sellers who prefer writing that instead of "bad strike" og "weak strike". On the other hand there are certain modern issues where the term is appropriate.

Marcel

7Jaguars

That would be "caveat emptor" as the other posters have stated - watch out for possible problems when this descriptive is used.

Blackhawk

Maybe it means that it looks the same now as when a previous owner's kid struck it with a ballpeen hammer.

Smittys

This one does look good though