Another morgan toner: Guess the grade!

DJCoinz

Late birthday present - just arrived today. Definitely better late than never.

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Go ahead and guess the grade...opinions and comments are welcome.
BTW, it's graded by NGC.





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Placid

64. Strike limiting the grade imho if pics are accurate. A nice coin.

DoubleEagle59

that's got to be at least a 65, if not 66.

lcoopie

64, agree with placid

DoubleEagle59

you guys can't be serious with your '64' rating of this coin.

I would consider myself so lucky to find a coin like this at a coin show as an ms64.

What am I overlooking?

harvey85422458

I'm with you a 65 strike limiting it from a 66

tightbudget

65

GoldenEyeNumismatics

I liked my pictures better

DoubleEagle59

For the record, I'm changing my opinion to an ms66.

fc

<< <i>64. Strike limiting the grade imho if pics are accurate. A nice coin. >>



good guess and i will ride on this poster's coattails.

fc

<< <i>you guys can't be serious with your '64' rating of this coin.

I would consider myself so lucky to find a coin like this at a coin show as an ms64.

What am I overlooking? >>



the eagles breast feathers look like mush to me so that i why i think
it should not be a gem 65. other parts of the coin do not look struck
up well like hair area and above.

but for all i know this year at this mint is known for poor strikes and
it gets a break.

64 sounds right to me. no grade inflation in this post ;-)

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64

DJCoinz

<< <i>I liked my pictures better

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I wondered if you'd notice this thread.

harvey85422458

Your killing me what's the grade

vplite

I have to plead ignorance of the NO mint strikes. I know they are much weaker than other mints.

To me, the eagle's breast feathers look very flat and weak, and the obverse is so flat it could be a slider.

The toning is uneven and even a little odd. I'm not sure what the color could be hiding on the obverse.

So for grading from the pictures I would just pass on even calling this MS.

No disrespect intended, just my opinion based on my very limited abilities.

bigmansam88

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<< <i>you guys can't be serious with your '64' rating of this coin.

I would consider myself so lucky to find a coin like this at a coin show as an ms64.

What am I overlooking? >>



the eagles breast feathers look like mush to me so that i why i think
it should not be a gem 65. other parts of the coin do not look struck
up well like hair area and above.

but for all i know this year at this mint is known for poor strikes and
it gets a break.

64 sounds right to me. no grade inflation in this post ;-) >>



I agree with what you said. Breast feathers are too weak and so it
the hair above the ear. This is very typical of Morgans minted in New
Orleans, so it doesn't detract from the grade very much, but the coin
can't be graded as high as one that is fully struck.

Therefore, I'll throw in my guess of MS64.

AUandAG

Wow, I do like it and look what just showed in my mailbox just now! This baby was graded in '86 as
a 64/65, but alas it has no toning! I like yours better, wanna trade? My gal is in an old IGA photo graded
soft plastic. I bought the package and not the coin as I wanted a sample of this company's "slab" from
that era.
bob

DJCoinz

Nice coin AUandAG.

Grade posted in my OP.

DJCoinz

Thanks for the comments everyone. I agree that the strike is fairly weak, but the technical quality is all there and I really like the extreme contrast between the toned obverse and the bright white reverse. All in all I'm very pleased with this coin and with Will's quick shipping and service.

bigmansam88

It's a very nice coin, but I just don't see it being a true 66 with the poor strike quality.