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1889 Morgan Grading Help

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 Posted 05/02/2012  8:43 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Kman to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
hey just seeing what everyone thinks of the grade on this one thanks

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 Posted 05/02/2012  10:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Moe145 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
This is an interesting one!

I love the clean fields and lack of bag-marks on this Morgan but the strike on the obverse (hair above the ear) and the lack of detail eagle's breast feathers on the reverse is weakish, IMO.

Still, I believe this coin is an MS64 grade.
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 Posted 05/02/2012  10:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add D0ubl3Eagle to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I agree with Moe that this is an MS coin with a weak strike. I would guess this coin is a MS-63/64 with a slight lean towards MS-63. Nice coin!
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 Posted 05/02/2012  11:48 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thanks for the grading so far!
Is it worth sending in to get graded?
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 Posted 05/03/2012  5:09 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add tatt2ed13 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Thats a nice one thats for sure .. Seems to have a bit of a "far Date" if I'm looking at it correctly ..

My guess is also the MS-63 .. Price wise going by Numismedia.com looks to be about .78$ ..
Ms 64 price is around 95$ -- The money seems to be in the MS-65 range at 300$ flat ..

Id recommend *since the photos are a bit tough to fully tell* try matching your coin up on PCGScoinfacts .. they have a photograde application that you can simply match it up ...

But with the provided photo I like the ms-63 ..

Good luck , And I think its personal preference to grade it or not .. My opinion , if you want to keep it and not worried about the cost of slabbing go for it .. But if your going to re-sell it or anything , more thinking would be involved .. Just my honest opinion on that one ..

Very Nice coin ..

Phil \m/
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 Posted 05/03/2012  9:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Kman to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Being a far date does that change anything?
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 Posted 05/03/2012  11:20 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add VisigothKing to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
MS-63
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 Posted 05/03/2012  11:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BuffaloBonehead to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks to be a bit of a weak strike. I want to see closer pics of the hair above the ear and the breast feathers. I'm still learning to accurately grade Morgans myself, and those two are the spots where I tend to have the most trouble.
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