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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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I thought it was from lowest to highest grade... Sorry about that  I should have indicated the high and low ends in the choices to prevent this confusion. Live and learn. Won't make that mistake if I do another poll  |
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Valued Member
United States
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very hard to tell without enlarged picture and even then, grading from pics is like buying an apartment based on word of mouth alone. Anyway I say 2 - 1 -3 with MS 65-66, 67-68, and 64-65.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I don't know if this is a trick question or not. The coins are definitely different grades (at least #2 is different), but the graders are wrong if all three graded the same.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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2-3-1 IMO
I clicked right I think..
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United States
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I don't know if this is a trick question or not. It's not intended to be any kind of trick question. All of the photos are PCGS photos, all of the coins have been graded by PCGS, all of the coins may have the same or different grades. The only thing that is "tricky" is grading from photos to begin with (as a couple of folks have pointed out). Plus, the 300 Kbyte limit on uploading photos makes the photos smaller. I suppose that I could have uploaded 3 separate photos and gotten a bit larger photos, but I thought that keeping them together would make it easier to compare the coins. Plus, this exercise is just that - a comparison exercise. If you want to try and guess what grade PCGS says these coins are then that's great, but all I'm asking is if you can tell the relative order that PCGS has graded these coins in. Hope everyone is enjoying this. Frankly, the participation so far has exceeded what I expected  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I voted (one of the first votes cast) and it will be interesting to see the results.  |
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 United States
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Quote:I would have posted this in the grading forum, but that forum doesn't allow polls  That is okay, I can still move it there for you.  |
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United States
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I was going to wait a bit longer before posting the answer to this one, but the vote count has been steady for awhile now and I'm SURE everyone is on pins and needles to see how they did  Like a couple of folks pointed out, it's VERY hard (impossible?) to grade a coin from a photo, so don't beat yourself up too much if you didn't agree with PCGS on these coins.  Not a single vote (except of course my own ) agreed with PCGS on these. The correct order (at least according to PCGS) is ..... 2 and 3 are the same grade and both are higher than 1. Thanks to everyone who participated in the poll! Hope you enjoyed it  ----------------- Coin 1 - AU58. This is the PCGS standard photo depicting that gradeCoin 2 - MS62. This one is mine. You can see the cert if you'd like. Most of you thought this was the highest grade coin. I thought MS63 when I submitted it, but it came back as MS62 due to, I'm guessing here, the weak strike. Before submitting it, I asked folks in this forum what they thought the grade was and the responses ranged from AU55 - MS63. Coin 3 - MS62. This is the PCGS standard photo depicting that grade |
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Valued Member
United States
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I don't necessarily disagree with PCGS. Very hard to agree or disagree on anything when looking at 200x200 pixel pics of a coin.
I do however still feel that coin 1 at AU58 seems low. Without seeing better pics of the eagle's chest and the hair on obverse, I can't tell for sure.
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Valued Member
New Zealand
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I'll be the first to admit that I know nothing about Morgan dollars but I swear I see wear above the ear on #2. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
655 Posts |
The poll was closed so fast but I came out wrong as I went 2-1-3 w/o much hesitation. Don't like those toning spots on 3. You know, AU coins are very hard to compare to MS coins because their grading is not based on contact marks and, very often, they'll bring higher prices than unc versions (not limited to Morgans).
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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The #2,coin 1892 must have a luster issue that caused the grade of MS 62 because the obverse is better than a MS62. I use to have a 1888 Morgan that had contact marks like a MS 66, but had luster issues and graded MS62. From photo the coin looked like a MS66.
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United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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2-3-1 as well. I can't believe yours was mS62? wow
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United States
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