Guess the grade and price...toned morgan GRADE REVEALED

DJCoinz

Care to guess the grade? Notice the enormous difference between the two sets of images...one set was taken with diffused lighting and the other direct. Both are of the same coin.
And here's the tricky question...I recently sold this coin on ebay...anyone care to guess how much it sold for? (without cheating )

STONE

63 or 64 details from the photo, but you say "mirrors", so I'll revise my guess with either a PL or DMPL upon new images.

Nicely toned coin

Placid

ms63

CB2597

65

GoldenEyeNumismatics

The breast is entirely missing its frost.

MS63 DMPL

robkool

MS64 PL...

metalmeister

Going to say MS65 right now.
Bring on the next pick!

DJCoinz

Interesting range of opinions...just added the next set to my OP.

SkyMan

What a difference a picture angle can make. A pretty coin!

DJCoinz

Thanks Skyman.

Broadstruck

DJCoinz, Are both sets of pics the same coin

DJCoinz

<< <i>DJCoinz, Are both sets of pics the same coin >>

Yep.

Mitsuecl3338

Wow. Whats the difference in angle and I am certian there was a lighting change?

Please help the community see the difference.

Thanks for the great post.

Shannon

DJCoinz

In the first set of photos I used one lightsource (a desk lamp) positioned at the top side of the coin with a sheet of white paper in front of it to diffuse the light. The camera was on a copystand tilted just enough to be able to capture the image as shown above (if the camera hadn't been tilted the shot would have come out looking more like the second set).

In the second set I just used two lamps positioned at the top left side of the coin and the bottom right side of the coin and positioned my camera directly above it.

coinsarefun

Interesting the same coin went from flat 62/63 to
frosty 64/65.
I very much love the second image. Nice coin



Stefanie

beep

MS63

Broadstruck

MS61 or MS62... gunshy on this one after seeing the HUGE difference in Photo's!

DJCoinz

<< <i>MS61 or MS62... gunshy on this one after seeing the HUGE difference in Photo's! >>

Heck, don't blame you...though the fact is it can be done with any coin. All you gotta do is diffuse the lighting and tilt the camera (or the coin) into it and poof! No more luster, all you see is the color (or lack of it).

Placid

<< <i>

<< <i>MS61 or MS62... gunshy on this one after seeing the HUGE difference in Photo's! >>

Heck, don't blame you...though the fact is it can be done with any coin. All you gotta do is diffuse the lighting and tilt the camera (or the coin) into it and poof! No more luster, all you see is the color (or lack of it). >>



The cheek also looks much more smooth in the first picture.
The mark near the rim at about 4 o'clock on the obverse however does appear in both photos

DJCoinz

Musky1011

$65

HighRelief

I am thinking MS63 PL

AlixTCat

Something must have changed with the images of the obverse. They are the exact same image now. No mirrors or frost like the reverse.

Very nice coin, indeed!

Jonathan

DJCoinz

<< <i>Something must have changed with the images of the obverse. They are the exact same image now. No mirrors or frost like the reverse. >>

Whoops, fixed it.

DJCoinz

robec

Very nice coin and wonderful images, Dan. Those PLs and DMPLs can be a real bear to image. Great job.

DJCoinz

Thanks Bob.