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So this is odd... I just found this in my desk drawer and don't remember putting it there... its obviously sat around for a while unprotected... the only thing I can remember is that maybe my grandmother gave it to me at some point. Kinda sad, appreciate input on grade. I cut picture size in 1/3 let me know if it is ok.  Full resolution picture of hair/leaf detail  And some minimal zoom detail.  Edited by Shale
01/10/2015 9:54 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a slider, nice find! I'm torn between AU-55 and MS-61.
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If it's the coin I remember receiving years ago, it was definitely mint and shiny, but it must have picked up a little traffic in the drawer I found it in. Such a weird feeling finding something valuable that you had for a while, and then it turns out I mistreated it. I kinda like the toning though, partly because I know the story, and it was incidental.
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See the areas of differing color on the cheek, darker toward the front? I don't think that happens without a slight bit of circulation changing the surface where contact occurred. And that's how I'm seeing this one, a slightly-circulated 1921.
On the 2x2 or however you keep your records, mark this one as a very strong strike. 1921's are known for indifferent strikes but not this one. The hair above the ear and cotton bolls on the obverse, and the talons and largest leaves on the reverse, tell the tale. I don't see any flattening at all on the talons, which is kinda ridiculous for a 1921.
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AU59+ if that were a grade
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I kind of like the mild toning. I agree with high grade AU.
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Were these ever distributed in sealed proof with authenticity? I'm still rummaging through my brain to remember where I got this, and I remember breaking a coin out of a sealed plastic bag to use as a card topper when I played live poker... Hrm. If this is that coin, then it would have been slightly circulated in my pocket for a few months back in 2009 and exposed to the air for about 5 years now. Added some Zoom pics for strike analysis Talon Zoom  Edited by Shale
01/10/2015 10:07 pm
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Could have been a Littleton purchase or similar, to have come in a similar bag. I still think it circulated slightly. That could happen without much impairment to luster - and I'm inferring a ton of luster from the images.
Your "minimal zoom" images are a really nice compromise for careful study online. Keep that magnification level in mind.
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Valued Member
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Yeah it works not too badly, and image isn't too grainy either. These larger coins play nicer at these lower zooms than the dimes.
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Heck, you gotta put a Dime 1:1 on an APS-C sensor just for a full-face image, and 1:1 for a Morgan is major mag. That's why one uses Dollars when bragging about one's photography skills.  |
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Agree with au & really strong strike. I would pick this coin over a mushy flat typical ms 1921 any day
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