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Pillar of the Community
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It's cool but I don't really like it.
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It's cool but I don't really like it. To each their own... there's a reason I'm not keeping it.  Edited by FadeToBlack
08/27/2013 7:11 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Can't speak for the coin, but that is some nice photography! I was so struck by the detail, it actually took me a second to notice the pics were upside-down!
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Pillar of the Community
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Can't speak for the coin, but that is some nice photography! I was so struck by the detail, it actually took me a second to notice the pics were upside-down! They look right side up to me? Thanks for the compliment! I live in the suburbs of Philly. |
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Valued Member
United States
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Yeah, I echo the statements with regard to your photography skills. Amazing clarity and detail, dude. I always enjoy looking at your photos despite them taking a while (relatively) to load on my computer!  |
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Another beauty FTB although I agree with you, a little more frost would have really locked it. Probably just a few strikes past the prime on that die pair.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The photography is as good as you could have made it, but it's not the coin's fault -- it's that slab. Once you remove all the small little scratches in the plastic above the coin (only the camera can see them, probably), there aren't tham many bag-nicks on the coin itself.
You might consider asking NGC to replace the slab.
Anyway I think it has great character, and you shouldn't be ashamed to talk it up in your listing if you're auctioning it online.
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Valued Member
United States
477 Posts |
I'm a novice to this but doesn't there appear to be wear above her ear?
Rick
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
What you see is a slightly weak strike coupled by bag rub. Many Morgan dollars will have this flat spot in the hair above the ear as it is the last feature on the obverse to come up to fully struck. The next contributing factor is that these coins spent nearly 100 years in bags of 1,000 that were not handled carefully over the years including countless inventories where the coins were physically counted. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Nice coin.
So many of those GSA Morgans were not handled well and come back MS-61 or -62.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Another Great Coin FadeToBlack!
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Pillar of the Community
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Pristine, it's in a GSA slab case, so no replacing that. The case itself is in pretty good shape overall, just those problematic hairline scratches all over it. I may try to polish it up a bit today, gotta read up on how GSA slabs do with that first. My issue isn't with the technical grade of the coin, it's a nice 64, my issue is with the DPL designation. I LOVE true DPL Morgans, this just misses the mark by probably a hundred or so strikes.
Dave, I was under the impression the bags were weighed to determine if they were short or not, so the coins would never actually be removed from the bags and counted? I'm actually 100% sure that was the mint policy on counting coin. Still, the shifting of the bags, picking them up, dropping them (they would weigh like, 60 pounds) would beat the coins up a good bit.
While many GSA Morgans are low grade, with some patience you can get good deals on higher grade examples. I have at least two that will grade 65, and four that will probably go 64, maybe one would be 63... paid about 200 each all in all. People don't realize that GSA's can carry very nice premiums if the coins contained within are of premium quality and they end up selling you a 65 for the price of a 63.
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Rest in Peace
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Dave, I was under the impression the bags were weighed to determine if they were short or not, so the coins would never actually be removed from the bags and counted? Maybe, but Q. David Bowers wrote in the Red Book of Morgan dollars that bags were opened and physically counted by machine or by hand at regular intervals at least once a year before being sealed in vaults years after being struck(on page 37 to be exact). Edited by dave700x
08/31/2013 12:18 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I have that around here somewhere, I'll have to go back and read that again. Seems like a huge waste of manpower.
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Yeah, It's time for me to read it again too. It's been a while.
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