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1882 O/S VAM-3 Morgan Dollar

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 Posted 09/30/2015  06:33 am Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add kdrcoinzz to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
what will she grade? I don't know if these are known for a particularly weak breast strike, looks 63ish until I see the breast is bare then makes me think au. then I look at the talons and think MS again then I think I know for a fact at certain angles, breast feathers can "disappear" so please help. lol



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 Posted 09/30/2015  08:35 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Slider23 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
MS63 I am not seeing wear on the coin.
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 Posted 09/30/2015  09:23 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Imthealphaomega to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Ms63 nice o over s .....
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 Posted 09/30/2015  11:08 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add dave700x to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Agree, MS63. Very nice O/S.
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 Posted 09/30/2015  4:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add mdpmedia to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I wanted to share a Rick Snow-produced diagram of the Morgan obverse high points one should consider for grading.

Obvious, lack of wear is a characteristic for 'any' MS-graded coin.

Even though Snow's attached illustrative example of an MS-65 is overall superior to the OP's coin, the wear points should exhibit identical features for both coins.

I feel that the hair curls above the forehead below BER are not the same as Snow's example...

I'm actually very hesitant to lower the consensus 63 grade yet since this difference between the coins may be the result of using more diffusive compared to axial lighting when photographed.

If it would be possible to produce another obverse photo only accentuating the contrast (producing with less luster), that should adequately address my doubts enough to opine on an appropriate grade.

IMHO


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 Posted 09/30/2015  4:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Interesting and thanks. I'm at 63, tentatively then!
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I'm at MS-64 on this one.
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 Posted 09/30/2015  11:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Joseph7420 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
MS-64.
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