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New Member
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What grades would you give these coins.. 1895 o morgan. 1928 s Peace dollar  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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 , glad you can ask us! These are definitely better dates of two different dollars, one has to be a tad leery that these are not counterfeited. A good website to check for varieties is vamworld.com; carefully looking at the known vams on harder dates such as these can help weed out fakes and alterations. Also checking both coins, especially the 95-O for any suspicious oddities like lumpy areas, off looking devices can be essential. Both coins look washed out perhaps from monitor shots providing too much glare to see properly. We might also need to see better closer pictures to really help. Even from these photos, if these are genuine dollars, XF-45 for the 1895-O, and about XF-40 for the 1928-S.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Pictures like these are hard to grade from. Take these grades with a few grains of salt:
95-o looks very fine 30, maybe 35. Quite possibly cleaned.
28-s looks almost uncirculated 53/55. Could be better.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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On quick glance, the 1895-O appears to not match an original.   |
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New Member
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I will take better quality pics. Thanks you guys .. Your Nobility and wisdom is very much appreciated. "They don't make em like they used too"
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I say 1895-O VF-25/cleaned.
1928-S VF-20/harshly cleaned, polished.
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Moderator
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j00s, What is your camera set up? John1 |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
36724 Posts |
I'll wait for clearer photos.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
5394 Posts |
Morgan VF 30 cleaned
Peace VF polished to death .
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Bedrock of the Community
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how to take photos with an phone. this may help
1. remove coin from holder if possible
2. turn off flash
3. place coin on flat surface with indirect natural light. maybe a window sill in a cloudy day
4. move phone about 3in from coin
5. zoom in using your fingers until the coin comes into focus
6. hold phone steady. if you cant then place something on either side of the coin at that distance and lay phone on top. this will hold it steady and allow you to zoom and take the photo without any blurring
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
18657 Posts |
the Peace dollar has been polished to within inches of its death. its worth silver. when you have a silver coin that the surfaces appear to be almost melted you can bet it was polished out |
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Bedrock of the Community
Canada
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The Morgan is a counterfeit and I am skeptical about the Peace dollar.. |
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Valued Member
United States
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textbook Chinese counterfeits
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Got me wondering.  |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Those who say FAKE please explain. From the photos you can discern. Please you three (JimmyD, LazerPig and NumisEd) guys explain. Do only one of you past the exam of Chinese counterfeit coins?
Edited by silviosi
09/15/2022 8:24 pm
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Posted 09/13/2022 10:36 pm
