1886-O ANACS AU-58 -- New Photos vs. Original Heritage Photos

Stuart

I have previously posted a thread on this coin, but since then I have rephotographed it.

The top two photos are new ones that I recently took after receiving the coin. The lower set are the original Heritage online photos that I used to make the purchasing decision.

I plan to crack out the coin and send it in to PCGS for grading with some other Morgans (See other threads on the 1885-CC & 1881-CC). I feel that it's got to get at least AU-58 with PCGS, and the coin is very very close to mint state... it's worth a try, and at least it will fill an open slot in my PCGS Morgan Dollar Registry Set.

Any comments or observations?? Thanks!!

mgoodm3

I don't like heritage's photos in general. Those two sets of photos are interesting. Yours have more detail but aren't as sharp, whereas their's are sharp but don't have any detail. I'll take yours. nice looking coin, the red toning is nice.

wam98

Stuart, my question is, does the coin in hand, look like your photo or Heritage's ?

morgannut2

Stuart- That's quite a contast in pictures. Just was high bid at Heritage on an AU '86o myself but they take forever to process and mail (I'm an old fashion check writer). I hope mine is half as nice. Great coin there! Also not sure why everyone but me thinks your '85cc isn't an MS-66. That date gets a 65 with a lot of marks usually. Did I miss something?

Stuart

Wayne: Good question! The coin in hand looks more liek my photo than Heritage's -- both in true color and by the fact that the coin does not seem to have any wear and only the slightest trace of potential circulation hairlines.

During personal evaluation, it is a true nice originally toned high eye appeal slider, which on a good day MAY be graded as mint state. As you know, this coin's market value jumps about 10x from AU to mint state, so the grading services scrutinize them very carefully as they should.

I personally feel that this coin was a bargain at less than $200 incl (S/H/I) -- well worth submitting to PCGS for inclusion in my Registry Set.