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sarkafield New Member Germany 14 Posts	Posted 04/12/2025 5:20 pm here another two from the batch I bought yesterday. Pls. grade them :) btw. anyone could suggest some books for beginner regarding Morgan dollar? Thank you! Report this Post to the Staff

Errers and Varietys Bedrock of the Community United States 74146 Posts	Posted 04/12/2025 8:03 pm 1884, MS-64, 1885, MS-64. Errers and Varietys. Report this Post to the Staff
NumismaticsFTW Pillar of the Community United States 2281 Posts	Posted 04/13/2025 1:28 pm What price point are we paying? You realize when you know how to think, it empowers you far beyond those who know only what to think. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Report this Post to the Staff
sarkafield New Member Germany 14 Posts	Posted 04/13/2025 5:00 pm 500 EUR for 8 Pieces. As a beginner, I can only tell that they look similar in quality. Report this Post to the Staff
ericgreen Pillar of the Community United States 1511 Posts	Posted 04/14/2025 10:47 am Both are MS-64 for me. Bowers book "Guide Book of Morgan silver dollars" is a great book for Morgan dollars Report this Post to the Staff
psuman08 Pillar of the Community United States 1773 Posts	Posted 04/14/2025 11:11 am I agree with @ericgreen on both the grade and book. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatic student Bedrock of the Community United States 11884 Posts	Posted 04/16/2025 6:06 pm 64+, 64 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
jacrispies Pillar of the Community United States 3848 Posts	Posted 04/17/2025 1:27 pm MS-63; MS-64 respectively. The first coin looks dipped, not as flashy as 1884-Os can come. Suffering from bust half fever. Want to learn how to attribute early half dollars by die variety? Click Here: http://goccf.com/t/434955 Shoot me a PM if you are looking to sell bust halves. Report this Post to the Staff
panzaldi Bedrock of the Community United States 18664 Posts	Posted 04/20/2025 10:50 am before I get into your coin. only post 1 coin per thread. Quote: anyone could suggest some books for beginner regarding Morgan dollar? if you are going to buy raw morgans you will want to study up on the various mints at that time. where wear occurs first and where any strike issues would show up so you don't confuse the two. this is the most challenging for a newbie. for N.O. mint coins they had period from 86 to 97 where they severe issues with strike so one has to be careful about grading these. there are also some earlier pieces that are below average for strike but not as bad. the 84(O) falls into that where strikes are known to be soft to average. weakness would be seen first in the hair above the ear and eagle breast. your obv is well struck for this year but you can see the weakness in the breast feathers. you are looking for breaks in the luster especially the cheek. overhead light can cause glare and obscure this as well as shadows. in you case, its hard to tell how much of the original luster remains on the cheek due to shadowing. the majority of UNC morgans can be put in the MS63 box. its the broadest grade out of all of the MS grades. so I say to myself, are there enough marks/scratches and flaws to reduce the coin to MS62 or minor enough but the luster is pretty much intact which I would assess a 64 grade. if neither apply then you have a MS63 coin. i think your coin is MS64 - a tad better than what a 63 would look. this of course is if the luster is not missing on the cheek you 1885 appears to have been lightly dipped. there is a dull look to the surfaces when you compare the 2. there is a fine line between a lightly dipped coin that grades straight and one over dipped that would pull a details designation. based on your photo I think it would grade straight and i'd grade it MS63+/64 however value wise I would not pay retail for it. Report this Post to the Staff
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