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New Member
United States
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I am a big fan of Morgan dollars but I tend to overestimate their grades. I was wondering if I could get some opinions on this one. Grade? Cleaned? DMPL   Thanks in advance -J *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
7008 Posts |
Tough call with these photos, try filtering your light source...  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4680 Posts |
 tough to judge based off these. I will say, the haloing around the devices raises a bit of suspicion on surface originality. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
94367 Posts |
Too much flashback. Better pics needed to evaluate surfaces.  to the CCF! |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts |
I agree with the need for new photos.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
600 Posts |
All the vertical scratches in the fields make me sad.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2869 Posts |
Would they make it details for abraded surface?
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Pillar of the Community
United States
4691 Posts |
This is a common date in high grade. If you are thinking about buying it, I would stick with one already in a TPG holder. Otherwise, it's pot luck. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I took the photos and reprocessed them in Photoshop for a quick look with less glare. Here is what I come up with, not as good as re-shooting them, or working with raw files, but adequate enough, I think. I also straightened them slightly.   I think MS-63 not DMPL and probably not even PL from a top tier TPG like PCGS or NGS, the reverse doesn't have the contrast to make a PL the Obverse may, but both side must show it, especially 1880-S & 1881-S dates as these two are found often with very deep mirror surfaces and heavily frosted devices. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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 United States
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Thanks everyone whos weighed in so far. I will reshoot the pics and post them this evening.
I own the coin and got it at what I thought was a reasonable price, about $50.00. I'm getting a shipment ready to send to PCGS and trying to figure out which ones are worth having slabbed.
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07/04/2021 12:13 am
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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At $50 in today's market it's not a bad deal, but I still don't think it's worthy of a slabbing, the fees will amount to almost that much alone, meaning the coin (literally the most common Morgan dollar) needs to double in price just to ever break even. That is unless they say its a DMPL or MS65 or better. Just my Two Cents worth of opinion. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Bedrock of the Community
 United States
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MS63 maybe an outside chance at PL
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United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36678 Posts |
MS details, improper cleaning.
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Posted 07/02/2021 01:29 am
