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United Kingdom
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I'm thinking about getting this Morgan, what can you tell me from these pictures (apologies for the quality).   Thanks |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Tough call from these images but AU58 would be my guess.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 with this one it's gonna be all about the luster. With better luster this could be a slider as its an O mint coin. But as is it looks to have most of the luster muted so I'm at mid to high au as well. And what's that black mark? A stain, or perhaps it got hit with a sharpie smudge? |
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United States
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United States
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United States
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Rest in Peace
United States
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AU-55. This is a good example of immediately seeing the black marks on this dollar before your eyes see anything else. For myself, I never buy a coin in any grade that has a distraction that is so pronounced that it's the first thing I see.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Yours appears to be AU.
There are literally "jillions" of 1879-O Morgans out in coin land that are AU and in near-miss "unc" for some weird reason. (You also see the same thing with the much scarcer 1884-S.)
It almost looks like they deliberately placed the coins in circulation for a couple of weeks and then started gathering them back in. I vaguely remember that bags of lightly circulated solid date Morgans appeared in the Treasury Hoards that were released in the early 1960's, too. This was around the time that once "rare" "O" mint Morgan's of 1898 through 1904 flooded the market and drove prices down. Your coin probably came out of one of those lightly circulated bags of Morgans.
(Aahhh..."the good old days"!)
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'd say 55 for suere, maybe 58.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Although AU I'm not a fan. I would pass
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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AU details, cleaned, poorly retoned, and negative eye appeal.
Unless you're desperate for a 1879-O Morgan and the coin is silly cheap, I'd keep browsing.
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United States
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AU-55 first impression, maybe 53
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United States
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AU58 I like it. The dark streaks prove originality.
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Posted 09/28/2015 05:24 am
