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1881 S Morgan - Grade It!

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 Posted 03/16/2025  2:38 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add Odee13 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
So 3 years back, I asked to have this coin graded by yall and if I recall it got quite the response all over the board (some didn't like the toning, some couldn't get past the cheek, some loved the reverse) Let's see what we get this time.
I'm at ms62.


1881-S-Morgan---Grade-It!
1881-S-Morgan---Grade-It!
1881-S-Morgan---Grade-It!
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 Posted 03/16/2025  2:50 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Errers and Varietys to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'll say MS-62 at best.
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Her cheek is pretty chewed up, 62 - I don't know if the reverse would even bring it up to a 63
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MS-62 for me
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My vote is at solid MS-62, likely shot at MS-63.

After the guesses are in, post a link to the old thread so we can see what was previously said.
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I'd also say MS-62.
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 Posted 03/22/2025  03:55 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add TeeEss86 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
I'm estimating AU-58.
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 Posted 03/22/2025  06:00 am  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add echidna to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
62
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Quote:
After the guesses are in, post a link to the old thread so we can see what was previously said.



http://goccf.com/t/421519&SearchTer...881-s,morgan

about the same grade...?
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MS-62 but that reverse toning is going to bring a significant premium and possibly a star with the reverse features. Spectacular flash of rainbow there.
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63 imho
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The TPGs have tightened their grading on Morgans, so there are really two questions here: What would the raw coin grade on a bourse floor? And what do we think a TPG would grade it today?

The reverse is better than the obverse. The location of the obverse scratches is a distraction. It's a date known for high grade and PL coins, which (unfairly) makes for harsher grading comparisons. It doesn't have the wrinkled nose and clenched teeth factor that usually screams "details" (like the gouge beheaded eagle on my last 1889-CC), so that's good.

IMHO, on a bourse floor, it's an MS-63. Today's TPGs, however, would probably knock this one down a notch to MS-62.
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 Posted 03/27/2025  12:44 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add panzaldi to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
no problem with the toning. the cheek is beat up. I think its enough to lower it to a 62
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