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Valued Member
United States
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Just found this morgan in my collection and it looks pristine. I guess I overlooked it and a handful of others while I've been trying to complete a date set. Looks like possibly proof like fields. Gorgeous toning on the reverse. Fairly clean cheek and fields. Looks a little flat in pictures, but very lustrous and has a great cartwheel. Thinking of sending it in instead of putting it in an album. Any thoughts on possible grades?   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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How does somebody "overlook" an 1882 CC in this condition? If it was mine you can believe I'd know that I owned it and I'd know where it was.
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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 I know where my CC dollars are at all times |
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Valued Member
 United States
57 Posts |
Well I kind of went a little crazy with collecting BU Morgan dollars in an effort to find the best ones for my album and I have no clue where I even picked this one up. I guess I was newer to collecting when I picked it up and was mainly looking for blast white morgans. I was just flipping through my coins and this toning caught my eye, I like toned coins more now, blast white is pretty much always dipped. So not sure how long I have had it, but it's probably one of the nicest coins I own. No clue how I looked over it. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Cool. Wish I had a forgotten CC Morgan somewhere in my stash. Sadly, not the case.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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It's an attractive Morgan, but there appears to be slight wear on the hair and eagle feathers, so I'd also say AU-58. If you're interested, it looks like a scarce VAM, either VAM-2C3 or -2C4, with a doubled lip, die break at the back of the cap, and multiple clashes on the reverse. |
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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AU-55
If you have an album for lots of Morgans, and have only a few slabs, you also have a storage / presentation problem.
Some justify slabbing for value reasons at plus $100 per coin. If you already have quite a few Morgans in the album that have a value of more than $100, your storage / presentation problem is magnified.
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Valued Member
United States
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I mostly have them organized by date and mint mark in 2.5s and have slowly started submitting some for slabbing by NGC to get a more protected collection. I'm still fairly new to collecting so I'm still learning as I go. Also, I will definitely look into those VAMs Zurie. Thank you for the heads up that would be neat to have a the VAM to add to the slab label. Looking at it under a video microscope it has crazy clashes and doubling all over its pretty beautiful. I think it is a 2C4 due to very slight die rotation on the reverse. I didn't even think to look for any VAMs. Thank you. Edited by daremonkee
04/03/2021 7:21 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Valued Member
United States
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AU-53. Eagle's breast feathers show wear.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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not a fan of the blotchy toning especially the reverse. in fact the coin may have been dipped a while back and retoned. the 82(CC) are typically strong strikes and even though this coin is not MS you can still get a feel for the strike which might be tad short. AU53 possibly 55. I cant see this on at 58 but it is CC
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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AU 55 - A nice original toned CC.
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