Ok Super Question Needs Answering On Grading Coins With Nics Bag Marks Spots
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Ok all of you expert coins eye ballers out here, do the scratches on the coin surfaces make the coin less valued and points get deducted more, so then nics and scratches say on the neck or face on the coins? I am talking about Morgans/Peace mainly but all coins too.
The reason I ask this Is, I have some Ms 65's that don't have any scratches/marks on the Background of the coin, but only marks on the face and neck.
Then background marks and reflection line spots, but no marks at all on the neck and face area and these tend to grade out ms 64.
So Help me on buying future coins if this is the case. Ty I hope you understand my question, can someone rewrite what I am asking so that I can get the answers I need, SCRATCHES,NICS, TIC,S, BAG MARKS, WHERE ON THE COIN ARE THEY MOST LIKELY TO HURT THE GRADE OF THE COIN.
The reason I ask this Is, I have some Ms 65's that don't have any scratches/marks on the Background of the coin, but only marks on the face and neck.
Then background marks and reflection line spots, but no marks at all on the neck and face area and these tend to grade out ms 64.
So Help me on buying future coins if this is the case. Ty I hope you understand my question, can someone rewrite what I am asking so that I can get the answers I need, SCRATCHES,NICS, TIC,S, BAG MARKS, WHERE ON THE COIN ARE THEY MOST LIKELY TO HURT THE GRADE OF THE COIN.
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For Morgan and Peace dollars the cheek is the most obvious place so a mark there hurts much more then one buried in Liberty's hair or the Eagle's feathers. Marks on the field right in front of Liberty's nose hurt more than those behind her hair.
Look at the obverse of the coin with the naked eye. Get an overall impression of luster, strike and eye appeal. Look at the rim. Look at the reverse, same thing, look for luster, strike, overall eye appeal. Go back to the observe, look for marks in the primary areas. On silver dollars that is the cheek and fields. Next look for marks in second areas such as the hair, the neck, and then the reverse.
Luster and overall eye appeal gives a starting grade. If a coin has marks, the grade goes down. The more marks on the cheek on a silver dollar, the grade quickly goes down from 65 to 64 to 63. If you are saying you have silver dollars graded MS65 with marks on the face, especially the cheek, they had better be relatively minor marks on coins with nice luster or the grade comes into question.
If there is really a scratch, as opposed to a bag mark or planchet flaw, the coin loses a lot of value. If the scratch is bad enough the coin will be considered damaged goods at a grading service and not be holdered.
While not a Morgan or Peace Dollor collector I have been finding some nice Kennedys' in ms65 in later years from the 70' s to
the 80' s at good prices.
Decent surfaces and good strikes................................