Pictures Of My 1878 CC MS-65 Morgan, What Do You Think?

I would send it to PCGS. Why do anything half way? That is not my style.

If you are not a PCGS member, I would gladly submit it for you.

Agree. I like the old anacs holders the best.

This coin is one of the later small ANACS holders with the black hologram sticker. I have had middling luck with these holders. The older ANA holders are strict, though, and I've found several undergraded Morgans in those holders, cracked them, and resubmitted to PCGS and had them cross at grade, and in several instances, upgrade. One was an 1891-CC that was graded 63, PCGS graded it 64+. Quite a bump in value.

However, my luck with the later holders hasn't been anywhere near as good. If I recall correctly, these small holders were produced up to 2004 or thereabouts, well after ANACS had started to loosen their standards a little bit. The original posters slab appears to be one of the later-dated slabs from the lack of the barcode on front, so I would estimate it was slabbed and graded no earlier than 2002, whereas the ANA slabs date to the 1980's, prior to Amos Press taking over.

Just another reminder of why ANACS slabs should never be taken at face value. Looking back at it's history, the company is basically a wandering carnival show, with different standards used at different times as the company changed hands - all the while reminding us that they were the "original" grading company.