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1880-S Morgan Dollar For Your Grading Pleasure

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 Posted 07/17/2020  10:15 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Keith67 to your friends list
MS-67+ (looked up the cert#)
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 Posted 07/17/2020  10:37 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fenton to your friends list
MS-67 (*) sounds about right. Insanely nice coin.
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 Posted 07/17/2020  10:41 am  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list
Wow, it's a stunning coin, but 67+ seems high with that heavy bag mark on the eagle's breast.
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 Posted 07/17/2020  10:57 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Ty2020b to your friends list
MS66+ technical, maybe a 67. My guess is they gave it that 1/2-1 point boost for "eye appeal"...(toning). Which to this day I don't understand, toning can change for better or worse!!

Still, nice coin and congrats!
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 Posted 07/17/2020  12:00 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hadleydog to your friends list
From the images provided, I would have guessed MS-66.
The hit on the eagle's breast is heavily accentuated in the True View, I don't recall it being close to that from the images I saw several years ago (back then it was in a MS-67 holder, there were no pluses).
Did I mention that it's got a green bean?
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 Posted 07/17/2020  12:16 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add IndianGoldEagle to your friends list
They don't get much nicer than that.
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 Posted 07/17/2020  12:25 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add GrapeCollects to your friends list
MS66
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 Posted 07/17/2020  1:02 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add JasonKflo to your friends list
Cool . Funny how that works . True View PCGS pics always seem to show nicest features and miss some of the scratches so I'll say MS 65 plus and very pretty coin though I wouldn't be surprised if it graded higher
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 Posted 07/17/2020  1:41 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TobyJ to your friends list
Has the reverse not been cleaned? I see lots of straight line scratches that look like cleaning scratches.
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 Posted 07/17/2020  1:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list
MS-67+ just stuns me.
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 Posted 07/17/2020  1:46 pm  Show Profile   Check Zurie's eBay Listings Bookmark this reply Add Zurie to your friends list

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I see lots of straight line scratches that look like cleaning scratches.


They are die polishing lines.
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 Posted 07/17/2020  1:51 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TobyJ to your friends list
Thanks Zurie, I didn't know that. Do these hurt the grade? The overall grade to me looks about MS65.
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 Posted 07/17/2020  4:18 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add hadleydog to your friends list
I knew this one would be all over the place, especially with the reverse image that I provided.
The obverse is almost devoid of marks, and imho could reach MS-68. The reverse is nowhere near as bad as the images portray, but that hit is still there.
What is interesting is that it moved from a 67 holder to a 67+.........and got beaned at the new grade.
Would love to hear John Albanese's reasoning, perhaps what he and the graders saw will become clear with the coin in hand.
Regardless, I am still in a little disbelief that I was able to acquire this piece.
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 Posted 07/17/2020  10:24 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jaobler to your friends list
Congratulations on your new purchase. It's truly a spectacular piece!
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 Posted 07/18/2020  08:21 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add fenton to your friends list
Prominent die polishing lines enhance the coin for me. Similar to great toning, which this coin also has, makes it more unique and interesting.
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