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Fishnwidow Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 03/05/2007 5:53 pm My first photo posted, hope I did it right. *Edited by Forum Dad to fix photos - Click on the to look and see how I did it, you're making it harder than it has to be. * Report this Post to the Staff

Fishnwidow Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 03/05/2007 5:54 pm Dang, I didn't do it right. I am sorry. Report this Post to the Staff
tights24 Pillar of the Community United States 2254 Posts	Posted 03/05/2007 6:11 pm quote: Dang, I didn't do it right. I am sorry. I think you are close. Especially since you already have them as jpeg's. Save an image to your desktop as a jpeg that is under say 80kb. Reply to this topic, insert an image file, browse to find it on your desktop, and upload it. Once it is here in the post you are typing, eliminate everything prior to http, and everything after .jpg Then highlight what you have left and select the add image icon at the top of this reply box. The one with the little landscape design in it. Hope this helps a little. Report this Post to the Staff
Morgan Fred Rest in Peace United States 2684 Posts	Posted 03/05/2007 9:16 pm Hi Fishwidow and welcome to the forum! A whole lot of friendly folks here and the collective expertise of everyone is beyond belief. No pun intended, but there's something fishy about this Morgan. Maybe it's just the image, but the color is all wrong even for a toned Morgan. I also suspect it has been cleaned or, more likely buffed (polished or rubbed) at some point in its life based on the darker parts around the letters, numbers, and other devices which are harder to clean. However, that aside and based on your images, it appears that this is a lightly circulated coin. Even though 89-P Morgans are the most common of the series and are noted for a wide range of strike sharpness (this could be a weak strike), Liberty's hair above her ear and her forehead are too flattened even for a weak strike. Also, the Eagle's breast feathers show flatness that is more characteristic of wear than of a weak strike. Lastly, the dings on the rims are randomly scattered and worn like would be found in circulation marks rather than sharp as would be caused by bag marks on an uncirculated coin. If I had to assign a grade to this Morgan (disregarding cleaning, polishing, etc), I would say XF-45 to AU-55; figure best guess of AU-50. Fred Report this Post to the Staff
hadleydog Pillar of the Community Canada 1267 Posts	Posted 03/06/2007 01:45 am My first immpression also, although it's hard to tell from the small obverse picture. Report this Post to the Staff
Fishnwidow Valued Member United States 228 Posts	Posted 03/07/2007 1:10 pm Hope these photo's are better, still learning here. Report this Post to the Staff
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