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CladiatorCladiator Posts: 18,354 ✭✭✭✭✭
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MS67 Roosevelt Dime
MS66FB Roosevelt Dime

MS67 Mercury Dime
MS66FSB Mercury Dime

MS67 Standing Liberty Quarter
MS66FH Standing Liberty Quarter

MS67 Franklin Half Dollar
MS66FBL Franklin Half Dollar


You get the idea. Which do you think is better? The higher grade by a point or the strike designation?




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    ledzep87ledzep87 Posts: 1,115 ✭✭✭
    None of them. They are all modern crap. image
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    Newcomp103Newcomp103 Posts: 2,223 ✭
    I like the full details in a lower grade.
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    partagaspartagas Posts: 2,056 ✭✭✭
    The answer is simple for me. I always appreciate and like to aquire a fully struck coin over a weak strike.

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    NarfistduNarfistdu Posts: 42
    I would have to go with the Mercury dimes, i just like them
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    planetsteveplanetsteve Posts: 1,425 ✭✭✭✭
    If the 66FSB Merc dime has lower eye appeal and a weak peripheral strike, well then just maybe the plain old 67 with nearly split bands.
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Lower grade, better detail. Cheers, RickO
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    RareBronzeCollectorRareBronzeCollector Posts: 1,270
    Generally speaking... the lower grade with better details.....

    Eye appeal WOULD be a major factor though...
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    seanqseanq Posts: 8,846 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It's a trick question, the two coins are indistinguishable. Send it to PCGS and it could just as easily come back with either on the holder.


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    SilverEagles92SilverEagles92 Posts: 6,787 ✭
    It's like Russ's DCAM Kennedy. He could either choose MS66CAM, or 65DCAM. I think he'd rather have the DCAM (although they're the same coin)

    I'd go 67 for the merc, FH for the SLQ, 67 for the Franklin, and 66FB for the Roosie. Just preference I guess.
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    JJMJJM Posts: 8,130 ✭✭✭✭✭
    if strike designations are to be had , I'd choose them over a coin 1 grade higher
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    lasvegasteddylasvegasteddy Posts: 10,492 ✭✭✭
    a slq type 1 fh/non fh whichever has the "sn"...as in Stronger Nipple showing
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    richardshipprichardshipp Posts: 5,647 ✭✭✭
    That's a fair question. I'd probably lean towards the lower grade/designation coin; however the "eye-appeal" would weigh in on the decision more than the designation.
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    N8N8 Posts: 505
    67 SLQ fo sho.
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    thisnamztakenthisnamztaken Posts: 4,101 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As RareBronze said, I'd also have to weigh the eye appeal quotient of each coin, but everything else being equal, I'd usually choose the sharply stuck one.
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    ArgentumRexArgentumRex Posts: 620 ✭
    Not trying to be difficult, but I'd really have to look at the coins first. I'm not usually too anal about strike, though, unless it's really nasty.
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    BobaFett72BobaFett72 Posts: 7,304
    better details bring the bigger bucks on the examples your citing? just speculating.
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    BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
    a true FH SLQ would be pretty cool.
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    MistercoinmanMistercoinman Posts: 1,824 ✭✭✭
    Strike, Strike, and more Strike!!! image
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    mcheathmcheath Posts: 2,441 ✭✭✭
    When it comes to Franklins I would take the 67. the tpgs are way to inconsistant with the fbl designation. Although strike is very important bell lines aren't always the determining factor.
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    DieClashDieClash Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭
    I read QDBs column in the last CW too. I would be inclined to go for the more expensive full strike in the lower grade than the less expensive higher graded slab.
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    LeeBoneLeeBone Posts: 4,910 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I like the full details in a lower grade. >>





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    BlackBeardBlackBeard Posts: 1,064 ✭
    I also would opt for the full details, lower grade.
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    keezkeez Posts: 842 ✭

    Strike is more important to me.


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    ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭
    I'm a fan of strong strikes.

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    Aegis3Aegis3 Posts: 2,944 ✭✭✭
    It depends which I think is nicer, and, yes, to some extent, price differentials will play an effect. Though, really I probably wouldn't buy any of them. As to which of each of the pairs has a better strike, remember that the FH &c designations only note the strike on a small area of the coin, and not the rest. All in all, the non-designated coin may have a better _overall_ strike than the designated one, or may have only a very slightly less full strike than it. Buy the coin, not the strike designation.
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    airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,788 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How much of a liner on the details is the 67 over the 66? By the time 67 is reached, there's little room for weakness, so the coin certainly won't be a pancake. Alas, as with all other questions, I think the answer depends on the two coins...
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