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I would say MS63 but ANACS is definitely tuff of late. Nice looking variety I'm envious. nlp
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If a yellow label MS-62; Blue label MS-63.
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My apologies, then; hadn't realized your degree of commitment to VAMming. I'll proselytize elsewhere.  Still concerned about that obverse color. |
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63+, way better than whats typically graded 62 even on here I think
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SuperDave: Still concerned about that obverse color. You are on the right track, this one is almost as tricky as the Matte Proof Lincoln that was posted earlier this week!  "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Anyone that has 3 boxes of 1878 Morgans is someone that shares my passion for this date. That being said the 1878-CC Morgan is one that I have always looked for but have not yet added to my collection as of yet. I always say I am going to get one and as soon as I have enough saved up to get one in the condition I would like to have, I find something else I just have to have and have to start over with my savings
As for grading this coin, I could see it in a MS-63 slab, but have seen MS-64's that looked worse than this one does
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You are on the right track, this one is almost as tricky as the Matte Proof Lincoln that was posted earlier this week! So they Net graded it. My Details opinion stands, and mea culpa that I didn't follow my observation about the surfaces to its' logical conclusion. |
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And here is the Slabbed coin. I kind of figured it would get the details grade when I purchased this one. I did give a good acetone bath before it went to ANACS, helped a lot, it looked like a rubber band had been wrapped around the coin for a long time, as some of the surface crud looked like bits of old dried rubber that had adhered to the surface of the coin. I graded it MS61/62 Details due to surface issues.  Also for those interested in VAM 11 here are some close ups of what to look for on the reverse, this example is a TOP 100 variety called "Lines in Wings." Caused by gouges from an engraving tool on this reverse die.   "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
01/19/2012 11:44 pm
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Looks different in these photos, not surprised at the grade.
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Looks different in these photos, not surprised at the grade. Oops, I think I messed up and put the close up photos from a different coin than the one you were grading, the lines in wing shots are of one I have in a GSA holder not from this ANACS one. For the slab photos, I am running the jepg compression at the highest compression level, it leaves only 10% quality to keep the files small, The large photos are pretty accurate representations of the actual coin IMO, the whole slab photos I shoot, not so much, no color correction made or time spent in processing the photo. Just a quick shoot and move on to the next coin. I'm going to have to re-shoot a bunch of whole slabs, because I was working so fast and not even looking at the photos on screen as I shot, a bunch of them my hand is making a shadow over the label!  I think I shot about 150 coins in one sitting, the close ups and by the time I repositioned my camera to get the whole slab I was tired and just wanted to finish the shooting, guess I was in too much of a hurry, all the close up coin shots for the most part look pretty darn good. Wasn't to unhappy as long as this coin got at least an MS grade from ANACS, I knew the details would be on the label, it was my first cherry pick of a VAM 11. I did not have one yet, so I was hunting and the price was right, the variety was not mentioned, I bought this coin off ebay, from really poorly focused small photos by the seller.  The price was right, $147.00! "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440Edited by westcoin
01/20/2012 05:20 am
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I think ANACS grades most or all there detail or problem coins at MS60.
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Posted 01/18/2012 09:34 am
