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Back in 2007 my wife's father whose health was failing came to stay with us. He had some coins he showed me that intrigued me. Not really into coins back then but I thought it would be fun to go exploring. He had about 90 Morgans and Peace dollars. In the bunch was a dirty looking Morgan that was the most worn of the bunch. When I looked up the value for that date and mintmark I about fell over! 1889 CC. A few years later I convinced my wife to send the coin in to be graded and authenticated. Here she is. What grade did NGC give her?   *** Moved by Staff to a more appropriate forum. *** |
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Moderators will probably move this post to the grading forum.
Very nice find! I'll take a stab at VF20.
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Think reverse carries it to VF20. The story is as nice as the coin!
Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Nice looking morgan - I'm terrible at grading, so I won't guess. (what is it?)
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you guys are pretty close on your guesses for sure. I was pleasantly surprised this was graded vf-25
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Awesome coin and story.
IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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That's a great story and nice coin.  |
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Indeed a great story and excellent catch on this Key Morgan. Congrats.
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Lucky! I have my grandpa's old Buffalo and Lincoln Whitman books as keepsakes, but nothing this good.
"Two minutes ago I would have sold my chances for a tired dime." Fred Astaire
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08/25/2023 09:19 am
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What a beautiful coin jerryc39!I don't think it's a VF-20,a VF-20 has much more wear on the tops of the reverse wings.It looks more VF-25 or even a VF-30.The value jumps substantially every grade higher. The date and the CC all check out authentic. Awesome!!!
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Thanks for the nice comments about my story. It is what got me interested in coins.
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I'm going to say a conservative VF25. rev is closer to 30 there is one issue that could details the coin that no one called out. it looks like someone did something to the left cotton ball like they took a knife and carved out a diamond. since this appears to be intentional a TPG most likely wont this pass |
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coin straight graded vf-25.
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Posted 08/24/2023 7:56 pm
