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I think it is probably around a MS-63. Those scratches are on the plastic and not the coin, right?
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Yes they are on the plastic
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OUCH ~ is that a gash on the reverse edge above "TATES" in STATES ?
I gave up on trying to grade Silver Dollars because what I think should grade 64 or 65 come back as 62's & 63's (and I would spend forever on the PCGS Photograde website)...
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MS-62 could see this in a 63 holder as it's a common coin, but probably not worth slabbing below 65 or 66.
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I think this is a solid MS63 with a good argument for MS64, maybe. Hard to say for sure with slightly blurry pictures taken through the holder.
That holder looks a bit unusual as the coin appears to be loose.
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There is no gash on the coin that you see in the first reverse picture and the second picture does not show it at all. How that happened I don't know.
The holder the coin is loose in is from Littleton Coin. I have yet to go to their site and not sure if there would be more information on this coin as there is a bar code on the holder.
Thanks all for your input.
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I agree it is a lock at 63 and may even go in at 64 but 1881-S is so common in super high grades (I believe the highest graded one is MS-69PL and there are many in MS-66) the value is not really there to pay to get it slabbed as it will add no value to the coin if you have to sell and if it did come back at 63 it may even hurt the value a little over raw. I have seen this with common GSA Morgans (like 1883 and 1884-CC) quite a bit. They send them off to NGC and get a MS-63 grade and if they sell it with the strap around it you will find ones that look very close sell for about 50-60 bucks more ungraded. I believe it is because if its ungraded they think there may be a chance it grades higher and if its already graded they know exactly what grade it is
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Thanks Bryan and everyone for your great input. I did notice that there were several out there in the 63-65 range that unless they had great eye appeal or another factor they did not sell on the high end of the scale.
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I see rim dings and the fingerprints on the face bring it down for me. Gotta say AU 58
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This coin is loose in a Littleton holder. The dings you see are the same as the previous mentioned gash which is the plastic. Same with the print that is on the outside of the plastic. Thank you for your astute analyses.
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