Help Grading 1886-O Morgan Dollar

The 1886-O shown in the OP's photo is an AU coin! I would pay AU53 price maximum for the coin.

Now, OP, consider why everyone is calling the "worn" coin I posted MS while they're all calling yours circulated.

For the record, IIRC the one I posted was cracked from NGC MS-63. It belongs to CCF Moderator Metalman.

Goly, There's a lot that goes into grading, and the more time I spend on this forum the less I realize I know about it. I have learned a lot here, and I would take the advice given.

1) this isn't an MS coin
2) the person selling it has tried to make it look that way since there is a lack of bag marks. This is only one component of grading, and the wear on the high points and lack of cartwheel is a giveaway.

We all make mistakes, hopefully these weren't too costly for you...

this is definitely not a MS coin at all. it would be lucky to get a grade anything above AU-55 and even then it would be a problem coin because it looks polished/cleaned. I have a few MS-64-67 Morgans in my collection and to this one isn't even close. The only way it would get a grade like the OP is saying is if it was from SGS,PCCC,NAC or any of the other bottom feeders that slab coins in their basement, no REAL Third Party Grader would give it a grade anywhere near those numbers. I also have the same date/mm of this coin graded MS-61 that was given to me as a gift graded by PCGS and this coin doesn't even look close to that. My advice to the op mirrors SuperDave's in saying that he really needs to learn to grade before buying any more Morgans because if he is paying anywhere near the worth of the grades he is saying it will be costly for him before he actually learns and I mean real costly

I am sure you are talking about the coin SsuperDdave posted and not commenting the grade he gave on the OP's coin, I just hope the OP doesn't read it and think you are saying you believe his coin is that grade and that is why I added this to my post so maybe it will clear it up to the OP on what coin you were referring to

I'm hoping the OP has taken the advice here and even better, was able to return this and the 1882 O/S.

Although the last visit was 8/29.

I think the ANA needs to blow the whistle one some of these crappy TPGs. They're a detriment to the hobby and may end up pushing people away from the hobby with bad experiences. While there is no "TRUE" grade everyone can agree on for a coin, the standards are fairly well established to the point where these people are doing nothing but trying to take advantage of people.

I think it would solve the problem of inexperienced collectors getting ripped off by basement slabbers...

I don't think it's realistic to to expect the ANA or any other organization legal or otherwise to be able to protect everyone from every unscrupulous coin deal. I learned from the "School of Hard Knocks" personally and let me tell you, it was a good school! Until/unless a coin collector has been taken a few times they'll never learn! Buyer beware!