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New Member
United States
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I sent this Morgan dollar to PCGS for grading. Although I haven"t gotten the coin back, I do have the PCGS cert. Please look at this Morgan and tell me what you think.  *** Edited by Staff - Added image to post *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7631 Posts |
Just does not have the "flash" or luster to be graded higher.
If I send it something like it I would end up getting back a coin graded AU58.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Based on those pics, an AU instead of MS could have easily been the result.
They must have thought it was just a weak strike in the high points of Lady Liberty's hair and gave it an MS still.
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New Member
 United States
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The luster is there. It has a nice carousel on the obverse and reverse. I went to PCGS photograde online to look at their definition of an MS62 Morgan looks like and it looks nothing like this one.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12477 Posts |
It doesn't look MS to me, but I haven't examined a lot of Morgans.  In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
21788 Posts |
"Buy the coin, not the holder."
I have seen this type of situation reported far too often.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7293 Posts |
That coin is AU58, be happy with the grade you got I think it's overgraded.
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Pillar of the Community
 Canada
5403 Posts |
Agreed , coin is not even new . AU58 is about right . Looks washed out
probably from too many dippy baths .
These O mint usually come with a typical middling strike , but do
have rich satiny creamy lustre .
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1694 Posts |
well I do not see wear , I see a so so strike , luster is not good but some MS Morgans came that way so I can see it.
Edited by JasonKflo
09/01/2020 10:02 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
5825 Posts |
I'm in the AU-53 or -55 area.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
614 Posts |
They are probably pushing the new NFC, and over grading a few here and there, be happy your lucky.
Edited by farrider11
09/01/2020 10:23 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
Are you happy or disappointed with the results?
I'd call this one AU-58, just not seeing an uncirculated coin.
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New Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
Don't take this wrong, but if you were expecting a lower grade, why send it in? Can't justify grading costs based on value, IMO. Just an observation.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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First,  PCGS TrueView photos generally (but not always) tend to make coins look a bit better than they look in real life. I don't know if that's marketing-driven or just a normal product of their lighting and equipment. The 1885-O is a common date all the way to MS-66, so PCGS handles a large number of the coins. There are lots of 63s and 64s out there for this date. Blast white and SPL examples are very common. Here, I don't see evidence of circulation, but I do see a weak strike, weaker luster than many 1885-O dollars, and a resulting likely eye appeal deduction from the technical grade. Just based on the photos, it looks it would net low-to-mid UNC (61-62-63). JMHO. |
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Cant believe the grade I got from PCGS Neither can I. They were generous. |
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Posted 09/01/2020 7:00 pm
