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Valued Member
United States
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Here is my latest pick up a UC 1878-S Morgan dollar just looking for opinions on grade/quality its in a capsule Thank you.   |
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Valued Member
United States
484 Posts |
Looks polished. Not original surfaces.
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Valued Member
United States
442 Posts |
Yup, I'd say polished as well. But maybe it could be a reflection on the holder. (probably not). But always best to takes coins out of the capsules if you want opinions on grade.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
8938 Posts |
Surfaces too washed out to get a feel of surfaces
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7042 Posts |
With these photos it almost looks to good to be true...How about a ballpark of the sales price....  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1788 Posts |
I second the 'Polished' camp
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7621 Posts |
Cleaned and/or polished. Hope you didn't pay an "Unc" price for it!
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18673 Posts |
based on these photos, I have to agree the others. UNC details Polished. Since this is such a common date there really is no collector value other than the silver content. maybe it looks different in hand. i'd remove it from its locker and take a couple more photos to confirm
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
To me, these pics are inadequate to grade from.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4989 Posts |
Difficult to grade from these pictures, but in my experience most coins auctioned like this are AU examples, possibly cleaned, that are photographed in lighting that masks flaws.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3653 Posts |
 AU Details, Cleaned (polished). The capsule makes it difficult to see the surface details. The obverse picture is too small to see the details. The reverse picture, however, can be enhanced to reveal some of the details. I dropped the lighting and contrast and eliminated color from the reverse photo. That allowed enlargement to see the surface details. The surface is far too clean, and the two evident gouges appear to have been smoothed out. There is a definite loss of detail on the eagle's head, talons, and right wing, and on the bow and ribbon. IMHO, this is about an AU-55 coin that has been polished heavily. Seeing photos of the coin outside the capsule might change this opinion, but that's what I'm seeing right now. |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36770 Posts |
Better photos with more lighting needed to get a grade.
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Valued Member
 United States
62 Posts |
Edited by CptSig
07/06/2020 11:08 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
Big difference. You're pics are clear enough, just need to play around with the lighting a bit. South obverse fields are a bit dark. Taking a stab at these new ones. AU58-MS63.
Edited by Ty2020b
07/06/2020 11:30 am
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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MS63 with the new photos.
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Posted 07/04/2020 10:53 pm
