Morgan Dollars To Be Graded

The biggest factor for submitting a coin, will be value. Everyone might
have a different standard. For me I would like the Morgan to be valued
at $150 or more, when sent into NGC or PCGS.

I use a less value amount for ANACS.

I like to look at the my extra Morgan dollars, and try to select some that might
grade MS 64 or possibly a higher grade. If better date Morgan's, for example
1894 S, I would submit XF 45 or higher.

I would suggest researching each coin to determine what the possible grade
the coin would receive, and what the value would be.

Before you do this, " I plan to carefully remove accumulated grime and select candidates for grading. "......would you post pictures?

As a collector, I would rather see grime than a coin that might be "enhanced", "conserved", or "cleaned". :)

Has nothing to be with being a "loyalist" and everything to do with actually painting an accurate picture of their services. One TPG yes you can argue is a waste as they short change what they will do for a flat per order fee.

The others do a very good job overall but nothing is perfect. Most of the times when a coin still goes details or looks worse its because the doctoring was removed and exposed what was covered up.

Every now and then a coin gets messed up from the chemicals which is no different than anything else in life. They all do good work, one of them doesn't do enough work though and seems to have a limit of how many they will do per order but none are incompetent and 3 of the four get used a lot.

Thanks for identifying your criterion for submitting a coin for grading.

Regarding cleaning; I certainly do not know the process to thoroughly "conserve" a worthy coin but I merely would like to remove the accumulated loose, surface debris and foreign matter that settled on them during storage. I understand I can safely do this with a soak in pure acetone followed by an acetone rinse and then by carefully patting them dry with an appropriate cloth. Will this harm a coin?

Regarding photos: I can't imaging that the low resolution photos allowed by me to upload to this site would be useful. Correct me if I am wrong, please.

To put these few coins in perspective, they are not remarkable examples. I doubt any would be graded uncirculated or close. At best, there might be a couple key or semi key dates.

Thank you - Bill

No worries and I will post photos of any I consider for grading.

Thanks again -Bill

Sending in a coin for grading is something I'd reserve for a valuable coin to verify authenticity.

Your suggestion might be the most viable option for me. Quickly looking through the coins, most are well circulated but as previously stated, a few look worthy even without removing grime. Is the "conservation" an option with PCGS?

Bill

It is, but it is expensive with them. You would be looking at costs of something like 50 or 60 dollars a coin with PCGS for the grading and conservation. That's fine if you are willing to pay that from sentimental value, if you are thinking of selling though from how you've described them the cost of that would be more than most if not all will be worth