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1900-O Morgan Up For Grading

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 Posted 12/21/2019  10:30 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add MontCollector to your friends list
I'm at MS62 on this one
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 Posted 12/21/2019  10:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Not sure what I'm missing! I'll say solid 64+ or better.
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 Posted 12/21/2019  11:18 pm  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list
MS-63.
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 Posted 12/22/2019  07:05 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add smoke1439 to your friends list

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Not sure what I'm missing! I'll say solid 64+ or better.

I hoping you are correct or I can add another one to the, I'm in the red pile.
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 Posted 12/22/2019  1:36 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NDBirdman to your friends list
Looks like the lighting might be hiding a bad scratch on the cheek so I'm at MS62 because of it. That is keeping my input lower. I'd go MS63+ if it were not for that and light wear on hair over ear and weaker breast feathers. IMHO
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 Posted 12/22/2019  3:46 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hunter611 to your friends list
OP, would you mind sharing how you took the photo; smart phone, dedicated camera set up..?
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 Posted 12/22/2019  4:27 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list
the 1900(O) is known for average strike. this one is a little better so that helps it. the luster appears to broken a little across the cheek. surface preservation is about 7/10 with several little scratches and nicks here and there. really close to MS64. I'm at MS63+
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 Posted 12/22/2019  4:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add smoke1439 to your friends list
This is my setup.

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Looks like the lighting might be hiding a bad scratch on the cheek

My photos are hiding nothing. Is a matter of fact they are showing you details you would need a loop to see.
If I wanted to use a little light trickery and take the pic a foot away like many do, you all would be grading this coin 65.
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 Posted 12/22/2019  7:22 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add NDBirdman to your friends list

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If I wanted to use a little light trickery


No one accused you of trickery! Your set-up is a heck of a lot better than mine. I was just noting what looks like a scratch down the side of the back of the cheek going across the jaw line.
My apologies for what you think is a knock against your photography, did not intend to get your panties in a wad.
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 Posted 12/22/2019  7:29 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
OK, I missed the apparent depth of that cheek gouge. I'll back off to 63.
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 Posted 12/22/2019  7:35 pm  Show Profile   Check BH1964's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add BH1964 to your friends list

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panzaldi wrote: the 1900(O) is known for average strike. this one is a little better so that helps it. the luster appears to broken a little across the cheek. surface preservation is about 7/10 with several little scratches and nicks here and there. really close to MS64. I'm at MS63+


I agree.

To me a MS62 Morgan is either beat-up badly, ugly or both. The reverse of this coin is gem level 65. The obverse is a 62 if being very conservative.

I'd grade this piece MS63+,shot 64. The luster and strike are quite good, particularly for an "O" mint piece.
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 Posted 12/23/2019  11:06 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list
A nice fully struck O Mint coin. These photos are large so it's like looking at this coin under a microscope. Easy MS-64 for me with odds it would come back 65.
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 Posted 12/23/2019  4:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add numismatic student to your friends list
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 Posted 12/24/2019  07:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Hunter611 to your friends list
Are the lines that run across UNITED a crack or scratch?
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 Posted 12/24/2019  10:56 am  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list

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Are the lines that run across UNITED a crack or scratch?


It's a very common location for a die crack.
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