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Pillar of the Community
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While searching for coins, I found this on eBay. 382486158120Solotime
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Pillar of the Community
United States
8186 Posts |
Not as bad as some Morgans I've seen.
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Bedrock of the Community

United States
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Must agree - that coin doesn't bother me at all! 
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Well, now you know what an MS-60 looks like. I'll stay with AU-58 coins.
Describe it as if there were no picture. Picture it as if there were no description.
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United States
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Quote: Well, now you know what an MS-60 looks like. I'll stay with AU-58 coins. It is a case where eye appeal makes the lower grade a better choice. 
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Pillar of the Community

United States
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Pillar of the Community

United States
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I wouldn't call it the ugliest Morgan . More like a chatter box Morgan . 
I see a big one on the horizon , and it's getting bigger . All hands stand by . Getting real close .
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Pillar of the Community

United States
3058 Posts |
Quote:More like a chatter box Morgan .  
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United States
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Valued Member

United States
421 Posts |
I must be missing something because to me it looks like it was cleaned with sand paper...
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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mtuma3: When it comes to Morgan dollars, that's kind of what you get with low MS ones(and other coins in general, but Morgans especially so). This is because the coins were large and heavy, so when they were bagged up to ship to banks, the contact they made with each other cause lots and lots of scratches(appropriately called "bag marks"). The marks aren't particularly deep, but on a mint state coin, they 're quite visible. It's likely that when this particular coin was bagged, it was somewhere near the bottom of the bag, so it had to deal with a lot of weight along with the contact. remember that these coins werent treated with care, and the bags probably weren't handled nicely.
Edited by Adam_E 07/05/2018 9:35 pm
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United States
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Thanks Adam... I just didn't think it was anywhere near PL 60... I'm here to learn so I appreciate the knowledge.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yeah, grading is incredibly weird. A coin can look incredibly ugly with a bunch of (natural obviously) marks, but if it doesn't have wear, its an uncirculated coin. PL is a different designation entirely, and can actually be somewhat objectively observed. if the fields are reflective enough, it'll get a PL designation regardless of how many marks there are. Usually on a PL coin you can take a ruler up against the coin and legibly read the numbers up to a certain amount of inches(I highly doubt this is how they designate it for grading services, but it's a good general observation for PL potential). I'm willing to bet that this particular coin looks significantly better in hand, and the fields are much more "metallic" looking than the pictures show.
Edited by Adam_E 07/05/2018 10:47 pm
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