1895 O, 1879 O, 1890-CC, 1903-S, 1899,1884 O Morgans

The image optimizer is great for resizing/editing pictures:

http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...-resizer.asp

Looking forward to other's comments for the rest

Try browsing through http://www.coincommunity.com/forum/...FORUM_ID=81. You can always post what camera you use an see what suggestions come back. I would make a suggestion but I still struggle with picture taking.

Wow, this thread is all over the place. hahahaha. I'll move this over to the grading forum since that is what would be needed the most to determine value and TPG submission.

As for your photography, you're not far off. Post one of these photos, and as mentioned above what you are using for equipment over in the photography section and many folks will chime in to help you.

Well, I thought this would get some grading help, which in turn would help make your decision. Having said that, I will give you my honest opinion in the meantime with the preface that I am not a grading expert and my only resource right now is a RedBook and greysheet since everything else is packed for the show.

You have a few high dollar coins in the bunch, but I don't think any of them are in a condition that would warrant the fees you would pay with Heritage. You may be better off with ebay as a venue. You may also see higher prices if these were in slabs just for authentication purposes since some are seem to be conditional rarities. I will break them down with my opinion, which should be noted that it is my opinion only,

1884o appears to be a mint state coin. However, it's not a rare coin and would need to grade ludicrous high to even be worth slabbing.

1890cc is probably between VF and EF. I'm thinking around $100 coin and again probably not worth slabbing.

1897o this is where things start to get interesting. from VG up to AU, it's pretty much the same as every other common Morgan. But from MS60 on up this coin is very high dollar. greysheet in MS60 is $650. There is something going on with the obverse. Looks like something spilled on it and sat there and dried up. Could be a candidate for an acetone bath but I can't recommend that since it's very dangerous for you and potentially the coin. However, there are conservation services that may be able to "fix" the coin. This is of course if other folks think it is in fact mint state to start with.

1895o looks to be another rarity in all grades. Looks like maybe a VF coin with possible damage. Max it's a $400 if problem free.

1903s is another nice coin in MS for value, but unfortunately yours is far from that. My guess is F. Put's it down under $100 for a problem free coin. Not sure what's going on with the reverse either.

1899 is a low mintage coin, but surprisingly doesn't yield huge dollars at low mint states. It does have pretty good value though for all grades in general which is puzzling to me. Only thing I can think of is that there are a lot of published MS coins for this year even though mintage numbers are low.



Keep in mind that I did not research any potential VAM's for these either. Again, you will need to wait for the experts to chime in to confirm/bash my opinions above. I would say that some are probably worth slabbing if you're planning to sell them. Hope that helps.

Does anyone have an oppinion on what the 1899 might grade at?

Thanks Murty

Tights24 is correct with the ebay venue I think, your 1884o is ms63 maybe 64 on good day,
1890cc is VF20
1897o XF 40
1895O VG8
1903s AG3
1899P MS63 very nice coin except the thick black line on the cheek is distracting and I think keeps it out of ms64

Thanks Kman, It looks like ebay for these.