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jprine Pillar of the Community United States 1599 Posts	Posted 10/18/2009 5:18 pm Learning about grading (and photography). Can anyone help with the grade of this Morgan. Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 10/18/2009 5:55 pm Wish the pictures were clearer so this is going to be somewhat of a guess. I see wear throughtout the hair and on the wheat, leaves on puffs. The obverse looks cleaned. The reverse isn't too clear, but I see what looks like wear on the upper breast and upper wings. I would like to see clearer pictures, but from what I can tell I would grade this at EF-45. Report this Post to the Staff
atlashealth Pillar of the Community United States 1691 Posts	Posted 10/18/2009 7:37 pm EF-45 with harsh cleaning(lots of hairlines) Report this Post to the Staff
Moe145 Pillar of the Community United States 8904 Posts	Posted 10/20/2009 12:27 pm EF-45. Nice details but LOTS of scrub marks, unfortunately... Report this Post to the Staff
SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 10/20/2009 3:02 pm We're not able to determine the grade from the photos. But I will say that I'm not sold on the harsh cleaning. I have over 100 1878 Morgans and have seen some that I believed were harshly cleaned from photos, only to discover the lines were in the die and a result of polishing, not cleaning. Only you will be able to tell the difference. Using at least a 10x loupe, examine the lines with proper lighting from a 45 degree angle. If the lines are raised, not incuse, they are die polish lines and the coin is not harshly cleaned. I hope they are "raised". Report this Post to the Staff
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