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New pics lower down on page   It's an 1883-CC GSA Morgan, graded 64DM by NGC... hit the BIN on it real cheap. My usual mailman will just drop the packages off regardless of me being there or not (I told him it's alright) but I guess he took the day off. Edited by FadeToBlack
08/27/2013 4:29 pm
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I've been home before and they left me a note like that in my mailbox, grrrrrr.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Don't you hate that feeling?  1884-CC is the most common GSA Morgan but DPL examples aren't so common; I'm amazed they don't go at a premium over regular slabbed DPL's. If you can say you got this one for less than $500 you need to be posting fruit. |
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Ray, yeah, I was home, haha. I'm almost always home when the mail is delivered, that's why my usual mailman just drops everything off unless it's registered mail. Not even a knock from his replacement... grr. Dave, it was $395 shipped. I should correct myself, it's an 1883, not 1884. I bought it about 20 minutes after it was listed. Great deal, considering I have a slabbed 1883-CC PCGS 63DMPL and I paid $350 for that... Also, I did a quick search and the last one to sell went for $650 via best offer so... it was a great deal. Here's the sellers photos;    Edited by FadeToBlack
08/26/2013 7:10 pm
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beautiful coin, funny story about the mail guy.. better than someone taking it off your doorstep though  |
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Got it today, here's the images;   Quite flashy and reflective in hand, certainly a technical dimple, but lacking that black and white cameo look I like in my dimples. It will be sold. |
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It's cool but I don't really like it.
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It's cool but I don't really like it. To each their own... there's a reason I'm not keeping it.  Edited by FadeToBlack
08/27/2013 7:11 pm
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Can't speak for the coin, but that is some nice photography! I was so struck by the detail, it actually took me a second to notice the pics were upside-down!
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Can't speak for the coin, but that is some nice photography! I was so struck by the detail, it actually took me a second to notice the pics were upside-down! They look right side up to me? Thanks for the compliment! I live in the suburbs of Philly. |
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Yeah, I echo the statements with regard to your photography skills. Amazing clarity and detail, dude. I always enjoy looking at your photos despite them taking a while (relatively) to load on my computer!  |
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Rest in Peace
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Another beauty FTB although I agree with you, a little more frost would have really locked it. Probably just a few strikes past the prime on that die pair.
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The photography is as good as you could have made it, but it's not the coin's fault -- it's that slab. Once you remove all the small little scratches in the plastic above the coin (only the camera can see them, probably), there aren't tham many bag-nicks on the coin itself.
You might consider asking NGC to replace the slab.
Anyway I think it has great character, and you shouldn't be ashamed to talk it up in your listing if you're auctioning it online.
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I'm a novice to this but doesn't there appear to be wear above her ear?
Rick
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What you see is a slightly weak strike coupled by bag rub. Many Morgan dollars will have this flat spot in the hair above the ear as it is the last feature on the obverse to come up to fully struck. The next contributing factor is that these coins spent nearly 100 years in bags of 1,000 that were not handled carefully over the years including countless inventories where the coins were physically counted. |
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