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1887 Morgan Dollar #2 For Grading New Photos

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Part of the 4 AU-BU Morgans I bought today @ LCS, I had first pick of owner's recent purchase of 200 AU-BU common date Morgans; picked this one up for 1) clash VAM and 2) because it's pretty nice...!

Sorry if the photos are a bit off, I took these using my proof-coin setup and these are not proof coins.

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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."
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 Posted 05/19/2017  12:42 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add flag4 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Possible VAM 12A clash on her neck. Would need a closer and clearer photo to confirm.
I agree with MS64.
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 Posted 05/19/2017  12:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Alan to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'd say ms 64
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MS-64+
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Solid 64, very nice.
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I sincerely pray that these photos are better, it took me 120+ attempts of messing with lighting, backgrounds, angles, etc. to finally get to this point

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still 64
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."
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I wasn't expecting the grade opinions to change much, just the fact that my initial set of photos were really awful.
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The pictures are much better. Your new setup is working.
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."
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It looks like it could make MS-64.
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Update: VAM 26 Die #2
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Sorry I didn't respond sooner. Looking closely at the neck area with the improved photo, I see evidence of the VAM 12A die clash. Nice!


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