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Bedrock of the Community
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I was thinking of buying this and almost pulled the trigger... but didn't. Kind of regretting it now. Sold for $380. What are your thoughts on the toning? Is it original or AT? And your thoughts on the grade? TPG in 48. Thanks.   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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Rest in Peace
United States
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I don't think it's AT but it is unusual to have toned to that extent on both sides.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Natural tone. If this made a 62, that's about as high as I can see.
Beautiful regardless, but if you are putting a Morgan set together this would be a stand out, which is not necessarily a recommendation. Unless you are putting a toned set together. With the stupid high prices on toned Morgan's right now, that would be a very expensive option.
If you just liked this coin the price was high but "normal" for this type of double side tone.
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Pillar of the Community
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I have an 1888 O Morgan with similar toning that was in an OGH, more of the reverse colors (pink, red, orange) graded 64. I sent it in to PCGS and it upgraded to 65. Even my dealer was like the toning appeared natural but some graders think sometimes AT. This appears natural and somewhat attractive to me, although I prefer crescent rainbow colors like red, green, blue etc. still a nice coin with a weak strike ms 63
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My guess is MS 63. It's a better date Morgan, but you can get spectacular toned common dates for less than $200.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Agree 62. Perhaps stored in a kraft envelope for many years.
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Pillar of the Community
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I will say 63. I like the toning!
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Pillar of the Community
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Nice toning. Mustve sat in some sort of holder that toned it like that. Uncommon type of toning for it to happen like that. Solid MS-62 IMO
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Bedrock of the Community
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spot on...  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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