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How You You Grade This Coin? 1889 Morgan Dollar

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I have been asked to post pictures of some of my coins to see how collectors on here would grade them. How would you grade them? Are they auction quality? Are they good enough to have graded? Just a beginner trying to learn grades, values, what to save and what no to. Where would you try to sell these? Thanks.
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Please post only one coin per discussion topic. That allows us to better address the question/issue. Thanks in advance!
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Sorry. I have removed all but the first coin.
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@rke, it is looking like you have the obv of one coin posted and the rev of another. Once you fix this folks will be able to help you with your grading questions.
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Please post one coin at a time. The Morgan dollar looks cleaned to me. Not sure about the Kennedy half. And we need to see both sides of the coin
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You have a cleaned Morgan obverse and Kennedy reverse.
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So sorry. darn amateur at work. I will try to fix it. It sucks to be 77.
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I will try these
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With a die crack upper to lower on reverse.
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i like the die crack on that quarter
you should post this one in the modern forum as that is where it will garner the most the attention

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God Bless 77 sir, I can only hope and pray
Thanks for sharing these

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As far as I know the Morgan dollar has not been cleaned. I have had it in a coin case and in gun safe for over 29 years. I do not clean coins.
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As far as I know the Morgan dollar has not been cleaned.


Prior to your ownership. You can see the abrasive lines on the obverse mirrors and relief. You've also got some buildup on the lower obverse around the date that I'm going to call verdigris or what might be pvc cause and effect. I'd like to see what others think of those details.

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 Posted 12/28/2021  11:56 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add rkennedy1945 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Are you saying the scratches on the face and background is from someone cleaning it. Yuck
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Are you saying the scratches on the face and background is from someone cleaning it


Yes sir
It's not an ugly coin by any means, it just does not hold up value wise comparatively to a problem free coin
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It was common in the 50"s and 60's for collectors to clean coins. Coins with original skin became harder to find and the value for the problem free examples increased. I would grade your 1889 Morgan at XF Details Cleaned. The coin does not have the value to send in for grading. The grading cost would cost about the same amount of the coin value. Your Morgan could be sold on ebay in the $35 to $40 range, but you will pay about 15% for shipping and selling fees.
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