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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.comEdited by numismatic student
10/07/2023 7:16 pm
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Looks to me like the coins or the camera is at a tilt and the lens to the coin is not straight on. This can be helped by first using a mirror to focus on, the lens should be in focus all around evenly, look at the writing on the front of the lens or the edge circle. If using a ballhead mount, this can slowly drip or sag over time and needs to be tightened well. (This is what I use currently) I'd like to move to a straight flush mount to keep things from sagging. There are items you can put the coin on known as "XY or XYZ" tilt platforms or stages, I've seen some inexpensive ones on ebay and Amazon from China, though the best are in the thousands, not worth that, but under $50 or there about is a great deal IMO. Most are manual but now days there are motorized ones made (overkill I think) some are so precise they move in microns (these are the multi thousand dollar ones). Try these search terms: XYZ stage
XYZ platform
XYZ Positioning Stage or Platform
XYZ Linear Stage
3-Axis Stage Maybe overkill for some, but to get the best photos in raw and slabbed coins they really help a lot. Coins in slabs (older NGC fatties especially) are tilted so placing the slab on a flat surface doesn't help at all when the coin isn't perpendicular to the film or digital sensor. All that said I really can't tell on the grade, it looks pretty nice as far as mark free, could be MS64 or better, (hoping so for your sake) but there is no way for me to even really give an accurate guess from this photo. P.S. Most all Morgans have better reverses than obverses, marks will show up more on the face and wide open fields of the obverse over the crowded reverse. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 |
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Maybe MS-63.
Errers and Varietys.
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Giving the pictures another shot. Better focus but not a lot of contrast.   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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the 82(O)'s are typically of average strike which is better than normal for 'O's. i'd say yours is average for strike. the photos are bit fuzzy and the slight angle is not helping. if your're using a phone maybe prop it up between books about 3" above the coin to stabilize it so it doesn't move. use portrait mode if it has it and natural light setup. zoom in or out until its focused
in any case without better photos we need to rely on you as the amount luster that remains or if its broken at all. I'm thinking MS64 if all the luster is there then MS65
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10/08/2023 10:12 am
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Looks 64 to me though front May of been wiped?
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Terrible photos but guess it would be MS-64.
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