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Would this Morgan be a an MS62?

Or is it even lower?

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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,301 ✭✭✭
    That mark infront of the chin looks like a killer.
    I think maybe even scratched-bodybag killer.
  • cascadecascade Posts: 151 ✭✭
    I wasn't planning on having it slabbed, I was just testing my lackluster grading skills. :-)
  • Agree with Placid. Mark by chin looks bad in your pix. Does it look better in person??? There may some others on reverse by eagle?JMHO

    Jr

  • cascadecascade Posts: 151 ✭✭
    Doesn't look any different in person, except smaller. The marks on the reverse by the eagle aren't as prominent - in person you have to tilt the coin to catch them.
  • It would probably grade 62 if not for the chin dig - MS60 otherwise.

    Frank
  • cascadecascade Posts: 151 ✭✭
    Thanks guys. Its is quite a "chin dig" too.
  • lordmarcovanlordmarcovan Posts: 43,194 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I reckon MS60 to 61, if the chin ding doesn't bodybag it.

    Scuffy coin, but I can tell from the pics that it has nice luster.

    I'm not a Morgan expert by any stretch of the imagination, though.

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  • In my experience scanning coins, the scanner makes things look MUCH worse than they are. (When you scan on the scale here.) Even when you look at the coin with a 10X loupe. At the magnification in the scan, it's like looking at the coin with a 20X loupe. I would be willing to bet that the coin, although baggy, has much greater eye appeal than what is apparent in the scan. Also...It being a relatively strong strike for a year and mintmark notorious for a weak strike, I'm betting MS-62.

    J.C.
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  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,045 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I think the deep scratch in front of the chin might keep it out of a PCGS holder ANACS would probably net grade it 61. Just a WAG.
  • cascadecascade Posts: 151 ✭✭
    I got this image with a coolpix 995. Its amazing what you can see when you blow it up real good.

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  • BigD5BigD5 Posts: 3,433
    I don't think it would bag, because the mark in front of the chin isn't a scratch. It's just a big bag mark. Probably come back ms/61. As Lord stated, it seems to have very good luster. A nice, scuffy Morgan image
    BigD5
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,875 ✭✭✭
    That looks like a staple scratch by the chin so I'll go with 62. If the scratch doesn't go deep into the surface I might call it a 63 markwise. The strike is really weak so you can't grade it too high.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.

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