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Pillar of the Community
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Wow very nice. I'm an amateur grading these but I'll hazard a guess at 65.
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Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
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Obverse 63. Reverse 64. Nice strike for an 'O' gotta go with the obverse MS63PL
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Rest in Peace
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MS64, possibly PL. Another really nice Morgan.  |
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I have it as a good 64, with the surfaces expected from the best-struck New Orleans Morgans. You'd think they sent a San Francisco guy down there that year. Degree of PL is up to you.
This image set is the best explanation of "frost breaks" and how they can inappropriately affect grading that I've yet seen. The first lighting scheme is far better for grading.
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The first lighting scheme is far better for grading. Agreed. I included the second set, just to show off the cameo. |
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United States
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Ahhhh. Oh well. The coin is beautiful. I would love to own it. Maybe NGC would have been nicer?
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It does tend to seem NGC is a bit more generous on the Morgan's, imho. However realized sale prices tend to reflect that as well. Again just a general observation.
But a very nice coin none the less.
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OK, teaching moment regarding luster and reflective surfaces, which are mutually exclusive features. We know how microscopic irregularities in the fields of a coin cause luster, while the smoother surfaces of a freshly-polished die impart reflectivity instead. Here's how it looks in the real world. Two coins posted below, same grading service, same grade, shot less than 2 months apart at Heritage, very likely under the exact same camera (see westcoin's thread in Photography about having toured Heritage's imaging section) and the lighting is the same (important point). One is nicely lustrous, the other DMPL. CB's second set of images caused me to avoid saying, "No way it's PL," but his first set of images had me convinced anyway. This is why:     This is also an illustration of how careful you need to be about deciding on reflectivity from images alone. |
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