8tf Morgan has coin been dipped...cleaned?

The photos above make the coin appear dipped, the photos lack luster, and TwoHawks is right on you can't have cartwheel effect if the coin is PL or DMPL. Just my 2¢ worth.

I'd offer the potential buyer a full refund if he is not satisfied after the coin is shipped to him. Explain you are not a photographer, you may want to try shooting the coin outside in natural light, many compact digital cameras work much better if the lighting is sunlight, looks like the white balance on your camera is confused, and you may be shooting in an area of mixed lighting, incandescent, fluorescent LED, Halogen, colors appear strange when a camera tries to come up with a good neutral tone in mixed lighting.

Coming from a pro photographer of a couple of decades, lighting balance is one of the hardest things to deal with, especially in the days of film. If your camera offers you a way to shoot in RAW format, try that, many image programs will let you adjust the white balance afterwards in software that way, I know my Canon does and Nikon as well.

I see what appears to be a normal MS63 specimen. You just have a bit of color saturation in the photos. I would drop the comments about "PL". Here's the test: Use this gauge to determine the degree of prooflikeness on any Morgan silver dollar. Lay the coin by its edge on the red line, at a 90 degree angle (i.e, perpendicular) to the page. Place the page approximately 18 inches beneath a 60 watt incandescent lamp. Look at the coin from a 45 degree angle, approximately 12 inches away. The highest prooflike grade that a person with normal eyesight can clearly read within the coin's surface is the prooflike grade which applies to that coin.






BTW this is the Morgan/Peace VAM section ... is that a VAM 3? I see a A1C reverse but the obverse is too small to attribute.

I printed the PL test and found my coin may be "sort of" satin-like. That explains everything.

Since it does have cartwheels, all of you are right..its NOT PL.

What a great lesson for this novice. Thank you again.

Why would you dip a coin?


Questions from a new collector:p