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1885 S Morgan Dollar For Grading

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I have an 1885 S Morgan dollar here that I'm not sure about. It has reflective surfaces, but I'm really not seeing obvious signs of polishing. I would expect to see more hairlines and loss of surface detail, but there's very few hairlines that I'm seeing. I tried to get different angles to really accentuate any areas of concern as much as possible. Even the obverse hairlines under the chin aren't noticeable from most angles; I really had to let the light hit those just right to make them stand out. It almost seems too good to be true though, so I wanted to see what y'all think.

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 Posted 03/07/2024  3:13 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
AU details (cleaned/polished)

there are all kinds of hairlines all over the coin
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AU details and definitely polished.
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What would be a reasonable value for this in AU Details?
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AU details, polished.
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Agree, AU details (scratched, cleaned).
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@chirrrs it looks to me like it'd grade around AU55 Details, give or take a grade. With all the issues, you're probably looking at between $100 and $150 depending on who grades it and where you sell it. Raw it's probably worth under $100.
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Agreed, AU details.
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1885-S AU details I'd put around $50-$60 because the polishing is much more detrimental than a simple cleaning.

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