On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:48:02 -0500, "Nick Knight"
wrote:

In , on 03/30/2009
at 10:15 AM, Johnny Doe said:

#3 and finally, I think: If a Morgan dollar had such an obvious mark on it
(the ding at 6:00 on the obverse), would PCGS grade it as an AU55 with no
other clarifying notations?

Yes, if the Morgan dollar was minted in the 17th century.

Hmmm. We're not going to get a logical comment, eh? I didn't think the
question was all that difficult.

Nick, you obviously know that PCGS, et.al., do not deal with
'absolute' grading standards, but vary them according to the era, coin
type & size, method of coining, etc. Issues that would be perfectly
acceptable on a 1793 large cent are reasons to body-bag a Morgan or
any other modern, industry-manufactured coin. Now apply that
differentiation to a taler from the 1600's.

That wasn't so hard, was it?