1885-CC Morgan Cross-over?
rhedden
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Hi everyone,
This is my first post on here. Looks like an exciting forum.
Have a look at this 1885-CC Morgan that I have. It's in an ANACS 64 DMPL slab.
1885CCMorganpics
It's an amazing coin with deep mirrors, lots of frost, a little color near the rims, and virtually nothing in the way of bagmarks. The only trouble is that there are 4 or 5 little tiny hairlines right on the cheek- like what would result if someone slid it out of a coin holder carelessly. The hairlines are only visible with a good lamp, and won't photograph. It looks way better than any 64DMPL I've ever seen in any service's slabs, including PCGS, largely because of the bagmark- free surfaces. Now here's the question- if I send it to PCGS, will they cross it, or refuse to grade it because of those couple of hairlines? Have any of you submitted something similar- a stunning gem coin with a couple of hairlines- and got body-bagged?
This is my first post on here. Looks like an exciting forum.
Have a look at this 1885-CC Morgan that I have. It's in an ANACS 64 DMPL slab.
1885CCMorganpics
It's an amazing coin with deep mirrors, lots of frost, a little color near the rims, and virtually nothing in the way of bagmarks. The only trouble is that there are 4 or 5 little tiny hairlines right on the cheek- like what would result if someone slid it out of a coin holder carelessly. The hairlines are only visible with a good lamp, and won't photograph. It looks way better than any 64DMPL I've ever seen in any service's slabs, including PCGS, largely because of the bagmark- free surfaces. Now here's the question- if I send it to PCGS, will they cross it, or refuse to grade it because of those couple of hairlines? Have any of you submitted something similar- a stunning gem coin with a couple of hairlines- and got body-bagged?
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I would guess you have a about a 50-50 chance that it will get the same grade/designation at pcgs.
Welcome to the boards. Nice looking coin. I'd say no problem that crossing. To me it looks like a higher end 64 that might go 65
Tom
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Stuart
Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal
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TONEDDOLLARS, thanks for the complement on my picture-taking skills. I have to admit it was a collaborative effort with davewang202, who made the nice side-by-side cropped picture out of my raw digital images.
Stuart, I turned on private messages in my profile. Hope it works.
I talked to him at Baltimore, and he said that I saw them and passed them up! I told him no. He said that he remembered showing them to me at FUN. I told him that it would have been hard for him to do that, since I didn't attend FUN. Hard to believe that this coin sat in his case through FUN and no one else bought it.
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Beautiful coin! Judging by the pics, I can easily see that coin in a 65 holder, however I'd be Very careful with that dmpl designation.
Unless it's undisputably DMPL, I'd hesitate in cracking-out and sending raw--for risk of getting a 65PL in return. PCGS is extremely tough on PL's and DMPL's. I'd recommend sending it as a crossover if you doubt the mirrors.
Russ, NCNE
Everyone seems to think it has the eye appeal of a 65 DMPL, so I definitely think I'll submit it for a cross-over. I won't crack it out, though, because I'd rather have it in the ANACS slab than have it raw. I don't care if PCGS sees it in the 64DMPL holder. The mirrors are deeper than most PCGS DMPL dollars, so I'm not worried about the DMPL designation.