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United States
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Picked this up reasonably, what grade do you think she makes? Luster is booming and just a little chatter on the cheek and in front of her face. Thanks!   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like a bearded lady, I'd pass on this one...
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Ouch. I'll say 61. Not for me either.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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MS-62 or so. The luster is nice but that cheek is really busy.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Any other date than '21 and I would say MS61, but since it's a '21 I'll say possibly MS62. It seems like '21's are graded on a different scale than the rest of the series.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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ms60. I wouldn't call that a little chatter on the cheek.
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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United States
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I've never liked the 1921 Morgans. They always looked a little off to me, like they changed something subtle that makes it look just not quite right... I can't seem to quite put my finger on it. Maybe the chin is bigger? Or the hair is more noodle-looking? Either way, I'd say MS62.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's a nice coin, but not Gem . . I'd go with MS62 as well . .
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I think the OP has too much light on his coin, looks like it may go MS-63/4
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This was a MS64 coin that has been dropped to MS62 presumably by cabinet wear or album friction or both, IMO. The reason that the 1921's look a bit "off" to many folks is that in 1921 the Mint was forced to create new master hubs from scratch, working only off examples of older Morgan dollars, and off images and drawings. The hubs are designated as obverse IV/reverse D1 or D2; obverse IV was used on the 1921's and featured a reworked LIBERTY and much stronger engraving on the hair. The reverse is based on an 1878 2nd Reverse (7TF) with parallel arrow feathers and flat breast feathers, but with some "hybrid" features of the C4 reverse as used from 1901-1904 such as the enlarged neck-wing gap; there are either 17 (D1) or 16 (D2) berries in the wreath. If you are used to seeing the older Morgan dollars, the 1921's mishmash of hub design elements is much more noticeable at first. Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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