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I thought this Morgan was in great condition and the toning to me doesn't look questionable. What are your thoughts?  |
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Pillar of the Community
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The "TONE" is beautiful !  I will let someone who can see past the tone to give it a grade...  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Tough one to grade with the toning. Going with wear instead of a light strike I'll go with AU 55 - interested to see what others think on this one.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looks like a nicely toned, lightly circulated Morgan dollar. I'll say AU-55 as well. Errers and Varietys.
Edited by Errers and Varietys
12/19/2025 9:31 pm
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Thanks for the replies! I would of assumed a bit higher. For comparison, here are two from Heritage Auctions. Both graded MS-67.   |
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Bedrock of the Community
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For comparison, here are two from Heritage Auctions. Professional graders with coin in hand sure is different than amateurs grading from a picture. It could be your coin is a light strike and a 65 - I have trouble differentiating between a light strike and light wear when the coin is totally toned. |
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Professional graders with coin in hand sure is different than amateurs grading from a picture. It could be your coin is a light strike and a 65 - I have trouble differentiating between a light strike and light wear when the coin is totally toned. Thanks, now I see what you mean when you say light strike. |
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Nice toning, but it makes it harder to assess the surfaces. I'm also at AU-55, perhaps stronger on the reverse. Looks like some light wear on the front hair, above the ear, and on the cotton bolls.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Looking at your photos enlarged, MS-64. Typical 1900 P soft strike.
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well, TPG's love heavily toned or blotchy coins. not sure why. I dont find them attractive. the toning on this one follows the typical toning progression so it does look natural. I think it may have been improperly stored resulting in the blotchy toning. the hits on the jaw would preclude it from a 67 grade for sure. the 00(P) are known for average strikes. based on the ear and breast I think its a little short of that. I believe the coin is UNC. the reverse looks really close to a 66 grade. overall I think it could come in at MS65 very close to a 66 imo. value jumps from $260 to about $400 for a 66. boarderline to have her graded imo due to current grading costs. |
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AU58. Slightly rubbed at the high points and weakly struck.
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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Thanks for the additional feedback!
@panzaldi Thanks for that analysis, details like you provided help me for in the future when evaluating coins.
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12/21/2025 2:38 pm
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rlu7732. if you are going procure saw Morgans, I suggest learning everything you can about them including the subtleties that can distinguish the higher grades. prices jump considerably from 65 to 66 and from 66 to 67. very minor marks can determine which box they belong. that being said, you never want to pay MS67 $ for a raw coin without knowing for certain what you have. one of the best ways is to go to ebay or PCGS pricing and look close at slabbed coins, its not fool proof as they do make mistakes but at least you will have a better understanding of the differences. |
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