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The coin is a 1881 MS64 PL with a green CAC sticker. This is a interesting common date for a PL coin. NGC & PCGS have graded a total of 560 coins in all PL grades for the date, and CAC has awarded only 11 of the 560 PL coins green stickers. There are only 26 PL coins graded higher by NGC and PCGS than MS64PL for the 1881 date.   |
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Yeah, it appears, CAC doesn't give a lot of stickers on PL or DMPL Morgans.
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I see some people are posting 1878 Morgans today so here is a picture of the VAM-85 Is that the discovery coin? Beautiful coin indeed - thanks for sharing! I hope tomorrow is 1882 Day because I've got a DC to add ;) |
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CAC'ed PL/DPL Morgans are a rare find, and mostly on 65 and better coins, and the occasional 64.
I suspect this is because PL and (especially) DMPL Morgans are already a small % of the total mintage; one of the early DMPL market analyses written in the mid 2000s at that time using NGC and PCGS pop reports calculated that of the OBTAINABLE dates in DMPL, DMPL coins were 80 to 200 or more times scarcer than non-PL examples of the same date.
So you've got to figure that when you start with a very small population, only a very few of them are going to be PQ in the grade.
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Guys, this one is obviously not mine, but I had to include it here. "The Moose", aka the most beautiful Morgan in existence, IMO.
There are no words. . . . only Such an incredible coin. |
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What I have noticed is that it is very difficult to get a DMPL coin awarded the green sticker as CAC is a stickler on the mirrors being 6" or better. A lot of the DMPL older holders were graded DMPL if the coins had nice eye appeal and a strong cameo, but often the mirrors were a little below 6".
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Edited by dave700x
10/23/2015 10:18 pm
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1881-CC GSA.   Edited by DoubleEagle20
10/23/2015 10:32 pm
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Dave 700,
On the 1881 S MS65 star CAC, it is a great looking coin. The obverse looks like it could grade higher. Do you think the reverse hold the coin from being grading higher or the mark on the obverse field?
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Do you think the reverse hold the coin from being grading higher or the mark on the obverse field? My guess is the couple distractions on the obverse limited it. The reverse is PL and much nicer than my image. I'm not doing my best effort on these pictures as there are so many to take.  |
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Looks like I get to start off 1882. . . .   |
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