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1921 Morgan Dollar Grading

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 Posted 07/05/2017  9:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kzy to your friends list
WHat do you mean if real? Does that mean AU55?
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 Posted 07/05/2017  9:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kzy to your friends list
I'm new to this sorry
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 Posted 07/05/2017  9:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kzy to your friends list
Any other opinions?
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 Posted 07/05/2017  10:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paralyse to your friends list
AU53 details, cleaned - most likely extremely overdipped which stripped all of the luster. The extreme roughness of the face and fields suggest possible mechanical cleaning as well.
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 Posted 07/06/2017  01:47 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kzy to your friends list
Is this a Chapman or Zebra strike variety?
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 Posted 07/06/2017  3:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add moxking to your friends list
AU, details, cleaned.
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 Posted 07/06/2017  4:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add coin197 to your friends list
No, not a Chapman or Zerbe. It is also not a zebra.
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 Posted 07/06/2017  4:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
AU-55 details (cleaned).



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 Posted 07/06/2017  4:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kzy to your friends list
Can I just ask what it means when you say details and cleaned? Also does that affect the value?
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 Posted 07/06/2017  9:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add paralyse to your friends list
Cleaned means that someone has used a chemical or mechanical method to alter the coin's surfaces - silver/copper polish, "dip", jewelry cleaner, emery/cloth/scotch-brite pads, fine steel wool, those are just a few of the methods.

Cleaning a coin in most, but not all, cases substantially reduces its value.

A details coin is named because something about the coin prevents it from getting a full grade. Cleaning, damage, holes, scratches/graffiti, bends, gouges, corrosion, and many other things can affect the surfaces of a coin - when this happens a third-party grading company will assign a DETAILS grade, qualifying the nature of the injury to the coin. Again, in most, but not all, cases, a details grade reduces the value of a coin.
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 Posted 07/06/2017  10:54 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Joseph7420 to your friends list
AU-53, probably Details.
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 Posted 07/06/2017  11:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add murty to your friends list

AU-55, details, cleaned.
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 Posted 07/06/2017  11:34 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MikeF to your friends list
I'm not so sure this one has been cleaned. You will get varying opinions because we are trying to judge based off of a photo. Judging a coin is much easier done in-hand. But it's definitely an AU coin. Do you see the rub on the wreath?
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07/06/2017 11:36 pm
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 Posted 07/07/2017  08:43 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list
I agree with MikeF, does not look cleaned to me. Looks like this may have been kept for many years in a leather coin purse or envelope containing a high amount of sulfur in the paper.
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 Posted 07/17/2017  11:54 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add kzy to your friends list
WHat would this be worth given the details grade?
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