Toned Morgan - Guess the grade - Now posted

maddox

I've been debating on purchasing this coin for about 2 weeks, just made up my mind, it's a keeper

Guess the grade, GSAGUY you have to sit out on this one

I used some color corrrection


The Obv is a solid, deep golden color, again color corrected

jbsteven

65

FC57Coins

67

goose3

66

eagle7

I will throw in with the goose! MS66.

Baley

pretty dollar. PCGS65? tough to just go by an image on screen, i'd be very surprised if it was lower than 64 with that nice clean cheek and overall eye apeal, likewise, tough to imagine it a 67 without seeing the luster and taking a loupe to that eagle breast and a few scattered marks.

are we allowed to ask what she cost?

paigowjohnny

I'll go with 65, assuming the breast strike is sharper than what it appears in the scan...

dorkkarl

ms-67, usual disclaimer on digi-pic luster.

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K6AZ

I'm going to buck the trend and say 64. Your images are scans, and on toned coins scans sometimes hide marks. Also, PCGS is very tough on the early S mints. I could be all wet, you know how hard it is to tell by a scan. No matter what the grade, it looks like nice color.

mbbiker

66, looks like a beautiful coin.

JeffinMich

Looks 66 to me. Nice score!!

Gilbert

PCGS is usually tough on this issue as K6AZ mentioned, AND some peoples images seem to enhance certain characteristics, while others seem to mute characteristics. I personally, am still having trouble evaluating toned coins; although sometimes they are beautiful, being technical in nature (as to grading), I am somewhat biased when I cannot evaluate the underlying surface, particularly when I know the surface of an '81-S seems to hold a lot of significance with PCGS. With that said:

I'll take a guess that it may be graded 66; I simply can't see any marks on my monitor, and ordinarily, I'd see a mark free Morgan as 67, but I can't see if it is lustrous as one would expect of this issue AND I cannot see the details of the eagle's right toes (are those toes on a bird? ) which I believe, should be apparent on a 66, but it is so mark free, I wouldn't (by the image) limit it to 65.

Now, if I am way off, and the coin doesn't have the detail I thought it did, hopefully, you guys won't think I'm a putz; I tried to justified why I chose that grade.

edited to add: If it were in mine, I might be even more critical. Sometimes I think I expect too much, when a coin hits gem status.

nwcs

Beautiful coin! I think it's a 65. maybe 66.

ccr

67

MadMonk

somewhere in the range of, about the proximity of, plus or minus, darn near, 66

Dog97

Nice Morgan!
The strike is all there with a few hits on this common in high grade model so I'm thinking 65ish but since it's an attractive toned example maybe 66ish.

banknote1

MS66 or MS67?????

billiardmaster

Don't know what color correction is? Coin looks like a 67 all day long. would need to see it tilted with a good light to be sure.
Rusty

Bear

MS -66. Soft eagle feathers, nice color even though you adjusted it.

Overall , very pleasing Morgan Dollar.

jbsteven

the hits between the N and U make it at the very best a 66 but since scanned photos mask small nicks I STILL give it a 65

MrKelso

MS66

DanC

Beautiful coin

MS65?

gemtone65

MS66 surfaces and color, can't really tell about the luster, reverse breast feathers look less than full. Appears to be PCGS graded. Seems overall to be MS65 (PQ).

bigt

MS 67

maddox

here is the grade PCGS MS67
This scan is pathetic, I think my next project is going to be a serious lesson in digital photography.

prooflike

It's a 64.

Baley

no kidding, wow nice coin.

agfox

Pretty and 67? Lovely combo.

prooflike

It got a 67 with that huge field mark next to the 2nd U in Unum?

eagle7

Its nice but I agree with prooflike about the ding between the u and m. Must have got a bump for eye appeal because it sure is some nice eye candy!

dorkkarl

i agreed w/ the grade

nice coin - best morgan type coin there is!

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