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1881-S Morgan PCGS Graded Vs You And Your Thoughts!

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 Posted 11/01/2020  01:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Adam_E to your friends list
If the photos arent hiding anything j can see this being as high as a 67, looks like it's probably dripping with luster, looks good!
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 Posted 11/01/2020  01:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add villagekid to your friends list

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Adam_E Posted - Today :2M ago
If the photos arent hiding anything j can see this being as high as a 67, looks like it's probably dripping with luster, looks good!


Hello Adam:
I can say without any hesitation that other
coins that I've bought and/or have traded
from this individual show better
detail and luster than these pics show.
The owner is a straight shooter
and doesn't doctor up his photo's.
In other words: Honest Individual!
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 Posted 11/01/2020  01:49 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GrapeCollects to your friends list
MS66
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 Posted 11/01/2020  07:11 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dave700x to your friends list
MS65+
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 Posted 11/01/2020  08:33 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Lighting makes it difficult to see field details clearly. You guys go for it.
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 Posted 11/01/2020  09:46 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add smat45 to your friends list
MS65 but in a MS66 holder wouldn't surprise me.
Look fwd to your in hand pics.
Beautiful coin!
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 Posted 11/01/2020  10:36 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ty2020b to your friends list
These look like honest photos. You can get a general feel of surfaces, but it is tough for me to gauge the extent and depth of any contact marks. Currently I'll say MS-65, possibly +/- w/ different pics.
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 Posted 11/01/2020  11:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Morgan Nerd to your friends list
MS-65. This looks a lot better than the one I have and it's MS-65.
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 Posted 11/01/2020  12:52 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list
81(S) are strong and bold. without better photos i'd say this one is AVG for the year. its hard to say if any of the luster is broken and due to the blurry pics i'd be guessing at eye appeal. it looks decent though. looks like a few abrasions and maybe some rub here and there on the obverse. the cheek looks pretty clean as well as the neck. I'm going to put this one in the MS65 bucket for now. I think it may make 66 but I'm not going there until you get it in hand and take some better pics.
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 Posted 11/01/2020  6:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JasonKflo to your friends list
I am guessing MS-65 but could see it as a 64 with clearer pics. looks nice though
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 Posted 11/02/2020  11:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add villagekid to your friends list
Love all the comments and support from everyone.
The coin was graded in an OGH MS-66
It will be arriving in a few days and I look forward having it in hand.
Thanks Folks!


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 Posted 11/03/2020  2:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add westcoin to your friends list
I believe it is better from PCGS grade than I initially thought from photos alone, why it's so hard to grade Morgan dollars and some other coins via a single static photo. You can't roll the cartwheel to see surfaces, and I'm not convinced the DL nuTilt thing is perfect yet either (see link if you don't know what nuTilt is yet).

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 Posted 11/03/2020  3:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list

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why it's so hard to grade Morgan dollars and some other coins via a single static photo. You can't roll the cartwheel to see surfaces,


i agree westcoin. so many of these its really difficult to see if and where there is broken luster especially across the cheek area. I guess it is what it is and we do pretty good at assessing them regardless. maybe a couple coin angles would help if they were tilted slightly
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I guess it is what it is and we do pretty good at assessing them regardless.


Yep I think you and I agree more often than not on most coins over the past few years. Not too shabby of a record either, once I thought about going back and making a graph of how many I got right, missed by 1 point high or low, then decided nah, too much work after all these years, but I'd like to know anyways, it would be interesting, and if I could go back to day one, I'd keep track as I went.
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 Posted 11/03/2020  9:04 pm  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list
@westcoin, it would be interesting to see how accurate someone's grading is using decent photos, and then compare with how accurate they are using that nuTilt app. I would bet that improves the accuracy of someone's grading (relative to PCGS).
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