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Hey CCF so I just recently purchased a gem like Morgan dollar and was wondering if you guys can give me a grade on it thank you coin community.   |
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Pillar of the Community
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Can you post photos with less glare?
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Agree, difficult to evaluate the surfaces from these images.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I agree with Ty2020b that it could make MS64. There's also a chance a tough grader would put it at MS63. She's well struck for an O mint piece and has good luster. What appears unusual is that the reverse has more contact marks than the obverse. And the old saying goes the reverse of a Morgan can't help the grade but can hurt it.
Because the 1883-O is a common date there is not much value difference from 63 to 64.
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Pillar of the Community
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Looks like MS64 to me also.
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Bedrock of the Community
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using the second set of photos
the 83(O) can be soft in many instances. your coin is above average for strike for the year. luster looks complete however with the shadowing across the lower half of the profile it I'm not 100% convinced. I'm going to assume its not broken. surface preservation is not bad. a few scuffs around the mouth area and minor scuffs in the fields. the biggest issue is what appears to be a scratch on the breast. eye appeal is AVG+
i put her in the MS64 bucket but if the luster is broke then I would drop it to a MS63+
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Still hard to see the coin completely because of the shadowing on the bottom half. I think the shadow is hiding some of the contact marks on the bottom half, based on the first set of images. It does have an above average strike for the mint/year. I think it just makes MS64.
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I agree with everyone, I think it just makes MS64.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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MS-64. The obverse looks pretty clean of contact marks, but the reverse has a lot of chatter.
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Bedrock of the Community
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MS-64, not worth the grading fees.
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I'll go with 64 as well.
I remember as a kid when I could buy 1883 / 1883-O and 1884 / 1884-O all day long for under $20 each in MS63-MS64 grades...a local shop had rolls (!) of them and was charging like $18 for "nice" (63) and $22 for "nicer" (64) coins from said rolls.
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I remember as a kid when I could buy 1883 / 1883-O and 1884 / 1884-O all day long for under $20 each in MS63-MS64 grades and oh so many more coins with prices that looking back you could kick yourself in the butt for not picking up.  my question is based on todays pricing, for a lot of series, are they completely out of hand for those starting out and how will that affect future prices as many of those who are getting on in years start selling off their collections. will there be enough buyers to absorb them or will the prices start dropping like a rock? |
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Posted 02/27/2022 9:40 pm
