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Purchased this one a couple years back for $220. What are your thoughts?   I've been collecting for a couple years (2017). Favorite Coin's are Standing Liberty quarters, Working on my type set: "knowledge is power" -Thomas Jefferson | Coffee, Corvettes, Coins & the CCF what could be better? |
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MS62, shot at 63. Cheek is pretty rough.
Longhorn Coins & Exonumia Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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MS-62 with the obverse having so many contact marks.
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Pillar of the Community
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MS62, might squeeze MS63. As others have said, that cheek is a main focal point, with quite the number of hits/marks.
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the 83(CC) should very sharp and bold. this one is imo is just shy of that with a little flatness around the ear and eagle breast. MS63 is probably the most broadest range for MS coins. I'm good with MS63 on this one. a little less cheek action and it could have pulled a 64
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For some reason, NGC and especially PCGS have always been very strict on GSA Morgan dollars, whether CC, Uncirculated, or soft packs. For the run of coins from 1882-1884, MS64 and then MS63 are far and away the most common grades. PCGS's graded population, for example, if looking at 1883CC GSA, shows 232 in MS62, 587 in MS63, 618 in MS64, and 293 in MS65. If we raise the bar to "PL" then they only show 52 in MS64 and 41 in MS63. That being said, the data is somewhat lacking in sample size because NGC is far and away the preferred choice for grading GSA Morgans, but the data we do have suggests a strong trend towards MS63-MS64 being the median grade. I mention this because based on looking through graded examples of 1883-CC GSA Morgans, the difference between MS62, MS63 and MS64 graded coins appears to be heavily weighted towards the obverse fields and devices. That is why I would put this coin at a 62 with a chance at 63 - if graded by NGC or PCGS - because they seem to be punitive when grading coins with rough cheeks or a lot of contact/handling marks in the fields, more so than they would be if the coin was a regular Morgan dollar and not in a GSA holder. Longhorn Coins & Exonumia Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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MS-62, too much chatter for a 63.
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This one looks "flat" to me. Marks in cheek, neck and below L in Pluribus, best I can get to is MS62. Still a nice GSA!
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