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All three coins were graded accurately. The 1888-S Morgan dollar has been cleaned, as stated by ANACS. The 1861 quarter looks whizzed, just as ANACS said. The Peace dollar was graded accurately as well. The 1888-S Morgan dollar looks like it was dipped in a silver cleaner for too long. Wear is evident on the Peace dollar. AU-55 is correct. Whizzing refers to a fine brush used (often attached to a drill) to polish the coin. Your 1861 quarter has the earmarks of being whizzed. I can provide you with images of coins that got the same grade, but without a Details designation. Edited by SilverDollar2017
02/16/2018 5:43 pm
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Learning grading can be and almost always is a very long road to accuracy. The vast majority of casual collectors never get there or become confident in that ability.
Learning a single series is the best step to learning grading.
There is nothing "wrong" with those specifications given by ANACS. It is just plain rare for a first submission to go as expected.
You are on the right path giving us excellent questions and great photos.
Your dad would be proud of you for approaching a difficult subject with the desire to learn.
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I decided to collect and I have got the bug probably worse than anyone Glad to have you here on CCF!  With regard to the details grades on two of your coins, I wouldn't stress about it so much. The coins still have tons of sentimental value, right? "If you climb a good tree, you get a push."
-----Ghanaian proverb
"The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed."
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Yes They all do, I got about 4 other coins graded also that my dad wanted done. He left me a nice starter coin collection and I have gone nuts and bought a ton of coins. Wondering were everybody buys their coins?
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I think all three coins look better than the holdered grade. Regardless of what anyone says, they belonged to your father, he loved them, and if I were you, I would love them too. I suspect you do. Your father left you something to build on. I think he would be proud if you made the collection better through your love of learning and coins. Congratulations on your patrimony!  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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Tough learning experience, thanks for sharing.
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