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This coin was cracked out of a straight-grade PCGS holder (not by me.) It's a 1901 Morgan dollar, a tough date in any grade and one of the semi-keys. I have not looked up the VAM yet -- thoughts on a grade (& vs. what PCGS's original slab grade was?) It's a later die state with some subsidence towards the rims and roughness in the fields, most notably on the obverse. There is luster remaining. Coin has spent some time in a Dansco album, by the previous owner who had cracked it out. Now it's in my Dansco instead.      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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au details cleaned
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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Looks AU-50 to me. While the obverse may have been lightly wiped at some point, I think it's clean enough to escape a details grade
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Since the op said it was cracked from a straight PCGS holder, it looks like it did indeed escape a details grade. I don't think it should have. Coin is also unattractively marked up with hits and scratches all over the fields and devices.
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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Not a bad looking AU in my opinion.
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It's quite nice in hand, the photos are not exceptionally great. It's nice to finally fill another tougher date hole in my Morgan set, too. The dealer is going to get me in touch with a local Morgan enthusiast to help me try to get the 1903-O, 1888-S, 1899, 1879-CC, 1889-CC, 1881-CC, 1893-CC, 1902-S, 1895-S by some means of trading and/or cash. The 1894, 1895, 1893-S are beyond my means for the indefinite future, unfortunately. The dealer had a MS62 1903-O that was decent for the grade but I passed at $375.
Those 12 coins are the last 12 I need to finish a full set.
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 Edited by paralyse
06/04/2017 9:27 pm
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 with all the AU-50. |
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PCGS' original grade was AU53
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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I'm in with the AU50 crowd before I even saw the guesses.
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Posted 06/04/2017 8:51 pm
