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Pillar of the Community
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Oh and the minor rim dings can lend to getting a details grade depending on the grader but it can easily get into a straight slab on a resubmission or two of that happens
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Bedrock of the Community
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I have tried getting better pictures ....not working with lighting right now.
If I was buying this coin, based on my pictures .. I am not sure I would do it.
The rim dings do not show as much in hand ... in fact I did not even see
them until I took pictures.
I am thinking I did good on the price. I don't think I could find another that is
this grade for the same price.
I will try to get better pictures later .. if they work out, I will post them
Edit ... in hand it has very nice cartwheel luster
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11/04/2016 10:47 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Care to post what you paid GR?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I sent you a PM on that Cascade
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Pillar of the Community
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Beautiful coins!
(both the bust half and the '85 cc dollar)
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@type beautiful half! Haven't seen one as nice as that before
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Has this happened to you .. you see a better date coin and
say yes .. I will buy that. I recently did with an 1899 Philly dollar. I already had one I bought in the early '90s, but found a certified one in better condition, so I bought it. I justified (after the fact) keeping both because they're different VAMs.  |
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Pillar of the Community
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It is hard to get an MS63-64 1885CC Morgan for less than $700. More like $800 plus. Gr58, the one you got looks pretty frosty. High grade coin no doubt.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I thought this coin had questionable authenticity at a glance. I would have to be real comfortable with the seller and my authentication skills to buy it. Have you confirmed the weight and diameter are spot on?
The coin is probably genuine but the color/luster and some of the device details look a touch fuzzy to me. How does the inside of the right C in the mintmark look? The Chinese are turning these out so good that some get into PCGS and NGC as genuine. A $700 coin easily if genuine.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I do know a little about the coin, was in same family for over 50 years. Yes ... I do know they were faking coins back then ... but not quite as good as they are today. Weight is 26.7g and the silver checks out at 90%. Tried taking more pictures ..at work .. but it is in a air-tite   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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This coin is hard, for me to take pictures of. There seems to be a layer of something on it ..hard to describe .. I almost want to give it a quick dip, but hard for me to touch a higher priced coin. Under this layer I am seeing the reverse looks almost proof like. When I get a chance .. I might try to figure out the VAM |
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I recently did with an 1899 Philly dollar. I already had one I bought in the early '90s, but found a certified one in better condition, so I bought it. I justified (after the fact) keeping both because they're different VAMs. Aceskings That happens to me too. On my 1899, I almost bought another one, because the one I had was slabbed. I wanted one for my Dansco. That time I ended up coming home and breaking it out of the slab ... |
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Very nice pick ups GR58! I always enjoy seeing your new acquisitions. You have a great eye for finding real beauties  Congrats again on your Morgan album progress! |
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I justified (after the fact) keeping both because they're different VAMs Hey, I resemble that remark! |
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You know there are a few possible sleeper Morgans such as 86-S, 88-s, 89-S, 85CC, 81CC, 1899, and maybe 84-S and 86-O in higher grades. The first six coins I named have mintage of less than 1 million but the prices don't reflect that. The 84-S and 86-0 both explode between AU and MS grades. The same goes for some of the Peace dollars with mintage less than 1 million like 1927, 1934-P. You know the cost of 1927-1928-S have just about the same value in MS64. 1934-S in MS64 cost at least 4 times that much (conditional rarity). If you are a young collector I sure would focus on these coins and other possible sleepers. |
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