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JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I got this coin about 35 years ago when I was only 10 years old and have just started to look into Morgan's after all these years. Its raw so if anyone can help me with its grading and offer an opinion if they think I should get it slabbed even though its not a high $ coin. Thanks in advance.
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  • PlacidPlacid Posts: 11,299 ✭✭✭
    au55 probably.
  • davewang202davewang202 Posts: 246
    Agree with AU55
  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,274 ✭✭✭
    Looks AU from the picture, but the color makes me wonder if you ever cleaned it. If not, then it might be worth slabbing.
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  • poptopsRuspoptopsRus Posts: 1,522
    I also vote for AU55
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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I don't think it has been cleaned,but I might be wrong. Here are 2 more scans under fluorescent lighting.
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  • Dukie101Dukie101 Posts: 1,313 ✭
    AU50 best I can tell.
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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    With the look of it, I'm thinking AU-50 to AU-55. With a decent chance of having been cleaned once.
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  • RampageRampage Posts: 9,447 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I agree with the majority. AU50/3/5 cleaned.
  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭
    Looks to me to be AU50 or 53. I can't really tell from the images if it has been cleaned.
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    XF45
    When in doubt, don't.
  • K6AZK6AZ Posts: 9,295 ✭
    Dennis, there would have to be some wear on the eagle's right wing to take this down into XF. I don't see any.
  • relayerrelayer Posts: 10,570 ✭

    I think PCGS will BB it for the scratch on the cheek, otherwise AU50 if not cleaned too harshly
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  • dorkkarldorkkarl Posts: 12,691 ✭✭✭
    ef-45 tops.

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  • Betta285Betta285 Posts: 733
    ANACS 58 or PCGS 57....very nice coin..toning is great too..i hope it's origonalimage
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,990 ✭✭✭✭✭
    K6AZ:

    The combination of not enough partial breast feather detail except around the extreme edges, plus my repeated experience with "I think this is AU" as I package up submissions, only to have them come back a notch lower, makes me guess XF45.
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  • JRoccoJRocco Posts: 14,277 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really appreciate all the opinions. I think I got this Morgan when I was a kid because all the other Morgan's I was buying were "so white and shiny" and this one was so different, it had color. Funny how I remember this coin as looking the same all those years ago, so it really hasn't toned any more, yet I look at new eagles that show incredible green and blue toning after just a few years. Funny.
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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Well, pure silver tones differently (and faster) than coin silver. But you must have stored that coin in good conditions to keep it looking the same. Good goin'.
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    The field & cheek clearly show wear but still has luster in the protected areas so I'd say XF/AU. Your 2nd set of pictures is so shiny it looks polished but that's the fluorescent lighting. If I saw it firsthand I might skip the XF & just say AU55.
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