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Edited by nickelsearcher
08/02/2021 1:07 pm
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Forum Dad
United States
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Man, if you ask me, that coin is ugly.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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that coin is ugly I must agree. Hard to tell from all the splotchy toning, but it looks to be a fairly weak strike for a San Fran example. Did the '93S examples follow suite with their counterparts from other years regarding strike quality? "Nummi rari mira sunt, si sumptus ferre potes." - Christophorus filius Scotiae
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Moderator
United States
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It is not attractive at all. Buyer is paying for the pedigreed holder, not eye appeal.
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Moderator
 United States
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Totally agree that the splotchy toning is not to my liking.
What is interesting is the incredible price already building for the coin - I don't have the data but it's likely to be the most expensive Morgan ever sold.
Take a look at my other hobby ... http://www.jk-dk.art |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Doesn't do it for me either.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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Yep, that coin is ripe for a professional conservation. Can you imagine being the person given the task to conserve this coin if it ever did get submitted for that....  |
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United States
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What is interesting is the incredible price already building for the coin - I don't have the data but it's likely to be the most expensive Morgan ever sold. It is interesting.  Quote: Yep, that coin is ripe for a professional conservation. Can you imagine being the person given the task to conserve this coin if it ever did get submitted for that.... Talk about something that would make or break your career!  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We say to buy the coin and not the label, yet this is about to blow all that wisdom up... Best of luck to the winner.
I'll happily go back to my $50 coins that aren't ugly, so I suppose my opinion is mute for the buying crowd.
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I'll happily go back to my $50 coins that aren't ugly  |
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
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It's actually much, much nicer than the GC photos make it out to be. The coin is nearly proof-like and has beautiful russet toning. GC sucks.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Not a fan of that toning either.  Is this coin too valuable to risk conservation? |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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From the PCGS photos .
A fantastic example in my opinion .
In this market this piece will bring beyond silly money !
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Rest in Peace
United States
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I volunteer for that conservation job . I'll use a brand new very fine eye makeup brush just barely dipped in E-Z-est and carefully slide it across obverse then dip in distilled water , dry and repeat procedure for reverse .   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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O+U+C+H
Conserve that ? Fine as is !
Touching near million dollar coins with a shaky
Hand never the smartest idea .
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Using a PCGS True View picture for comparison is like photoshopping a mugshot.
GC has just knocked it out of the ballpark for me this past year, time after time.
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Posted 08/02/2021 1:16 pm
