1886 O Morgan Silver Dollar Mint Mark Placement Question .

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Roma2021 Pillar of the Community Italy 1130 Posts	Posted 09/22/2023 2:49 pm Hello everyone, Picked this 86 o up today along with a 87 o and a 22 PD. Does the O mint mark look oddly placed? It may be the toning bit it feels closer to the lower wreath than it should... Also, grading thoughts would be appreciated! Thanks! Edited by Roma2021 09/22/2023 2:50 pm Report this Post to the Staff

numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11882 Posts	Posted 09/22/2023 6:11 pm Looks XF40. MM looks normally placed to my untrained eyes. The MMs did move around as they were punched by hand at the branch mints. 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 Report this Post to the Staff
pristine2 Pillar of the Community United States 1048 Posts	Posted 09/22/2023 9:19 pm Nice find. This date is a bit better than you might expect. A textbook "conditional rarity". Circulated mid-grade pieces (above VF-25) command a small premium over other common date morgans. Once you get into AU and MS grades, the prices for an 86-O are kinda ridiculous. Report this Post to the Staff
kbbpll Pillar of the Community United States 4233 Posts	Posted 09/23/2023 03:12 am I don't see anything unusual about the MM placement. If you look through PCGS gallery, most of them are closer to the wreath than DO. Perhaps the dark toning above the MM is throwing off your perception of how close it is. Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18663 Posts	Posted 09/23/2023 09:21 am i found some MM that appears like this one. I think the grime between the MM and the lower part of the bow is making it look higher than it actually is as stated by kbbpll keep in mind, even though the coin is circulated, that the 86(O) strikes we pretty soft. obv looks XF45. reverse XF40. obv may be strong enough to call it XF45 Report this Post to the Staff
Roma2021 Pillar of the Community Italy 1130 Posts	Posted 09/23/2023 3:32 pm Thank you everyone, I really appreciate it. Report this Post to the Staff
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