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1892 Morgan - Send In For TPG?

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 Posted 10/26/2017  4:39 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadDog to your friends list
As everyone can tell, I'm still learning how to do this coin photography thing. Here's an attempt at better pictures

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 Posted 10/26/2017  5:01 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add numismatic student to your friends list
I am going to backtrack slightly and open the door for the possibility that the coin may have been struck with a worn late state die giving it a frosted appearance, but can't be sure from pictures. The hazy look of the surfaces and the small shallow scratches don't help it much.
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 Posted 10/26/2017  5:33 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadDog to your friends list
Looking at the coin in hand, this is what I was thinking about it as well. MS63 weak strike from a late state die.

The Baltimore show is coming up in a couple of weeks, and I'm not that far from B'more. I may stop by and drop this one off for grading.

Thanks all for you comments -- and I'll keep working on that photography thing!
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 Posted 10/26/2017  5:37 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
Big improvement - I'll agree at a solid 63. Congrats.
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 Posted 10/26/2017  6:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Imthealphaomega to your friends list
Agree weak strike looks 63
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 Posted 10/26/2017  9:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Joseph7420 to your friends list
MS-63.
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 Posted 10/27/2017  11:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add 3 Cent Silver to your friends list
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 Posted 01/23/2018  8:04 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add BadDog to your friends list
Ok, so I did send this one in for PCGS grading and the results are in if anyone is interested.

First though a comparison in photographs. Last quarter was free secure at PCGS, so I got TrueView photos of the coin. Here's the obverse
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and the reverse
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with the PCGS TrueView photo next to my photo. I'm sure you can tell whose photo is whose

In hand, I was thinking that it might grade as a MS63, and, given my less than perfect photos, the consensus was it would grade as either 62 or 63.

The PCGS verdict was ...... MS62. You can view the cert if you so desire.

Thanks again to everyone who took a shot at the grade!
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 Posted 01/23/2018  9:55 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add acloco to your friends list
62? I see 63....all day long!!
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 Posted 01/24/2018  6:42 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add SilverDollar2017 to your friends list
I think PCGS might have undergraded this one slightly. However, grading from photos is always difficult, and in hand grading is always more accurate.

But it's a nice coin. I like it.
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 Posted 01/24/2018  7:23 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jaobler to your friends list
I would have called it AU-58 based on the visible rub in the fields on both sides. The PCGS grade seems like a win for you!
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 Posted 01/27/2018  11:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list
MS-62 was generous. I agree with those at AU-58.
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 Posted 01/28/2018  8:56 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add gargriff49 to your friends list
I would have liked to have seen this as an AU-58+
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 Posted 01/29/2018  01:59 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coconutjoe to your friends list
Thanks for the update.

It's always nice to know how a TPG graded. I do see it as 63 with new pictures.
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 Posted 01/29/2018  08:12 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add scopru to your friends list
Congrats. A nice coin to have in your collection!
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