GTG On Three New Morgans.

I have no patience and nobody else is guessing, soooo....



These are Hannes Tulving slabs. He's a major bullion dealer who self-slabbed higher end but inexpensive stuff he had for sale for a couple years. They are generally undergraded. Before I give you my grades, I want to note that several of the "scratches" you can see in these images are on the "slabs" themselves. They're nearing 20 years old now, and aren't exactly high-quality material.

My grades would be as follows;

65+. This year comes nice, so that holds it back from a 66.
64. Very high end, maybe a +. Would never get a 5 due to reverse chatter, but the strike is pretty dang solid for an '82-O.
64 pre-dip, slim, slim, shot 65 after dip. One of you noted the cheek seems "dark". That is not due to my lighting setup, that's exactly how it looks in hand. Great luster, but the cheek area almost seems a bit recessed than the rest of the face. Peculiar, and something I've rarely seen before.


Sometimes it's okay to buy third world slabs. These coins cost me $50 each.

Great deal, have you had them 20 years?

All very nice coins for the money. Congrats!

Paper towels scotch taped around the lamps, ha. Works!

I'm guessing they came from the same seller, tpmjr... that one, I looked at, and passed. I think it's a 64 and do not think it would grade higher, so you paid roughly market for it. The '21 Morgan is another coin I won from the same seller for $51... now that coin has some big upside depending on what is going on with the forehead. Seller told me it's just a weird spot and isn't a planchet defect, and if that's the case, that coin looks like a shot 66 with a cheek that clean and fields that nice.

I forgot to bid on the '46-S Walker, which was stupid. That coin looks like a fantastic coin with a slightly weak strike, lock MS65. Whomever won that got a great deal.

150ish was what I was considering bidding on it, but if I can get a PCGS slabbed 64 for that kind of money... why bother? The surfaces and fields look clean on the coin itself, but the eagles breast had me slightly concerned because it's not fully struck up and appears to show a bit of a darker grey, which could be a touch of rub. When you get the coin in-hand, I'd recommend a close observation of that area to see what exactly is going on and if there are luster breaks. The seller is a very nice guy who is easy to work with, I chatted with him a bit about the provenance of the slabs and he's got a few others he will give me dibs on before selling them.

Did you receive the '21?

I happened to be up late the other night and decided to cruise ebay to see if I could score on something decent in the middle of the night.

I noticed several Morgan dollars that were in the same slabs as the ones you have pictured in this thread. I was outbid on the first 3 coins but managed to win the last coin with the hopes that it was undergraded as well.

I paid roughly market price (if the grade on the slab is correct) as I wasn't going to lose the last coin! trigger finger was itchy that night!

I am anxiously awaiting its arrival. It should be here within the next day or so.