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Valued Member
United States
385 Posts |
After school, I stopped by one of my local coin shops and checked out the $30 Morgan silver dollar basket full of darkened and nasty coins. Then I stumbled upon this beauty, an 1898 Morgan dollar, and I said "I want to buy this coin along with the Euro Philharmonic", he said sure and pulled out his 2005 Red Book, without time to start reading it, I distracted him by requesting that I take a look at some Barber dimes :), they were bad though so I skipped on those. What would this beauty be worth? :D Thanks guys, I really appreciate the help!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
580 Posts |
Great pickup. Great price. That is a gorgeous Morgan. I am a rookie at grading, but I would think it would grade in the upper MS.  |
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Moderator
 United States
14463 Posts |
Your pictures don't show much wear or scratched, so I would say retail $50-$55. That may change viewing the coin in person.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
6385 Posts |
Looks like a good strike with few handling marks, but not a candidate for high mint state. I'd assume it's AU-58 unless in-hand it shows strong cartwheel luster over the fields. In these images it looks like light circulation (or, possibly, dipping) has muted the luster.
Probably no distraction was necessary. I expect the dealer put this coin in the bin on purpose and was perfectly willing to let it go for $30. It was a fair price but not a screaming bargain.
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Valued Member
 United States
385 Posts |
Yea, it has the cartwheel feature and has an enormous amount of original luster, I can even see the color of my face reflecting off it lol!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
14454 Posts |
those must be scans then, if they are scans and that is what is making the coin look flat and over dipped then it could be MS condition
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Valued Member
United States
110 Posts |
Looks nice and worth the $30.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Based on these pictures/scans, have to say AU-58. I'll offer another opinion if we get some pictures that show luster.
At AU-58, would put this one at about a $40 coin perhaps a bit higher if she looks really nice in hand.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I'll agree with Bryan - either dipped or the pics don't show the coin well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2541 Posts |
I'll agree with Bryan - either dipped or the pics don't show the coin well.
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Posted 11/24/2011 01:18 am
