1894-O Morgan Dollar

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My estimate is VF-20 perhaps 25 in hand . the flat spots on the hair and flat cotton leaves with only minor seperation on the obverse , flat breast and very minimal feather visable on the head all are lower VF characteristics.

I'd say VF-25. Nice, natural coloring though.

Thanks, I learned a few things here.

I've been obtaining Morgans in the MS range for a while and I'll tell you that I've been pretty much spot on with what I believe the grades to be. Now that I'm filling out the collection and obtaining the more expensive pieces I've had to drop a few grades. I can't afford $1,000 coins at this point, maybe I never will. So dropping down into the VF, XF, AU range is something new to me and I still need to learn. Instead of determining amount of luster, clearness of the fields, etc, now I really need to figure out the wear and amount/intensity of scratches.

After reading the replies it sounds like this should get a VF-25 without a problem. I still think it could get a VF-30 but nothing higher, I think it would depend on the grader that day. What I've done is downloaded quite a few nice pics of Morgans in their PCGS holders and this is going to be very helpful.

Question: How much did the scratch under the eye affect the grading?

I paid $40 for the coin so I'm not dismayed, I knew it had to be at least a VF20. Can you believe the seller actually had this as a "Choice XF"?

Welcome aboard, NYC!

I would go vf-20 on this one. Nice, original looking coin.