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Pillar of the Community
United Kingdom
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I bought this for $40 including shipping. The listing had very blurry photos and the seller described it as looking uncirculated, inside a capsule. I took it out of the capsule, and its in gorgeous condition, lots of lustre, really shiny (photo doesn't show shine up very well). What grade do you think? Is it MS? I'm comparing it side by side with my PCGS 1884 - O which is graded MS63 and it looks very similar except this one has more surface scratching and toning around the rim. Many thanks in advance.   I tried to get some better photos:    Edited by TobyJ
02/06/2017 08:42 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I would say MS-62 or 63. The surfaces look cloudy which can knock down the grade a point or two even when there are few marks. The strike is also rather flat. Overall I'd say MS-62 if you sent it in for grading, which might not be worth it.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Appears mint state. The high points have had some rub, not from circulation, but probably from being in a holder that allowed the coin to move around. Technically, using on the surface marks as the grading priority I'd give it a 63. Eye Appeal wise, it looses a little bit because of those top design element detail rubs and the background (field)surfaces which appear to be fairly cloudy. Overall, I'd give it a 62 market grade and not worth the cost of TPG. Even with all that, though, I like it with that touch of peripheral golden tone which I'm always a sucker for. |
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Rest in Peace
United States
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It looks like a mint state Morgan with typical bag rub. I like MS62 for it as well.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
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probably improperly stored which is causing the cloudiness overall. although they are very light the shotgun hits across the cheek and under the nose are in a critical location for grading and may affect grade. due to both of these issues I'm at a net MS62
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
 United Kingdom
1273 Posts |
Thanks everyone.
I think I'm just going to put it in a capsule myself, instead of sending it off to be graded, it probably wouldn't be worth it. Happy with MS62-63, nice little addition to my collection :)
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Posted 02/06/2017 10:31 am
