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SilverDot New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/02/2007 9:20 pm Please help me with this 1891 silver Morgan I bought it at a yard sale I was not sure it was cleaned Has a lot of little nicks in it Please grade for me I wanted to send it in to PCGS It was scanned in Sorry about the all the pics just learning this tech stuff Image Insert: Image: frontleft1.jpg 93.16 KB Image: frontcenter.jpg 96.45 KB Image: fronyright.jpg 102.08 KB Image: backleft.jpg 94.83 KB Image: backcenter.jpg 96.37 KB Image: backright.jpg 96.84 KB Edited by SilverDot 09/02/2007 9:22 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Jaobler Pillar of the Community United States 6381 Posts	Posted 09/03/2007 10:22 am Hello SilverDot, and welcome to the forum! I'd peg your coin at about the AU53 grade level. It may have been cleaned but if so the cleaning wasn't too severe. The worst mark on your coin is the long scratch below Liberty's eye. This looks like a "reeding mark" which was likely produced when the edge of another dollar banged into your coin. It happened a lot since Morgan dollars were stored in $1000 face value canvas bags. Every time the bags were moved the coins rubbed against each other which created lots of abrasions. I would advise against sending your coin to PCGS, just because it is a common-date Morgan and the grading and shipping costs will probably exceed the value of the coin. Instead, I would use that money to purchase another nice Morgan and expand my collection! Report this Post to the Staff
amac44 Member United States 3242 Posts	Posted 09/03/2007 10:24 am From your picture it look EF-AU not cleaned but a better picture would confirm that its not cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
halfabustisbetter Pillar of the Community United States 1984 Posts	Posted 09/03/2007 10:32 am It could be anywhere from AU-50 cleaned to MS-63, but it's hard to tell from scans. On another note: why do you want to send it to PCGS? Report this Post to the Staff
Spider5689 Pillar of the Community United States 2269 Posts	Posted 09/03/2007 10:42 am I would go with AU-50. It doesn't appear to be cleaned. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverDot New Member United States 3 Posts	Posted 09/03/2007 11:06 am The only reason for sending it to PCGS would be to find out if it was really worth anything. My camera does not take good pictures. What would be a good camera to get. Thanks for all your help Report this Post to the Staff
Susanlynn9 Forum Mom United States 5877 Posts	Posted 09/03/2007 1:50 pm Cleaning can be hard to detect in scans. I don't see any hairlines or indicators of harsh cleaning, but the color looks a little off for scans, so it may have been lightly cleaned or dipped. I do not believe this coin to be uncirculated; therefore, I would suggest sending it to ANACS instead of PCGS. The value for this coin jumps at MS63. ANACS will slab a cleaned or problem coin which PCGS will not. It has been my experience that ANACS is very consistent in their grades and they are significantly cheaper than PCGS. You can download their submission forms from their site at http://anacs.com/ Report this Post to the Staff
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