Morgan experts, is this a weak strike...or was NGC WAY off? 1899o

AnkurJ

This is in an old fattie holder graded MS64. But the hair above the ear is very flat. Is this a common date for a bad strike, or was NGC sleeping when they slabbed this as a 64? Thoughts??



AJ

blu62vette

overly flat, but still pretty normal for some that year.

dragon

<<< This is in an old fattie holder graded MS64. But the hair above the ear is very flat. Is this a common date for a bad strike, or was NGC sleeping when they slabbed this as a 64? Thoughts??
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For a late "O" mint date that strike is a bit weak but not awful. Otherwise, it has nice lustre and the typical toning found on many old holder NGC dollars. It was correctly graded by NGC IMO.

AnkurJ

Thanks guys!

sweetwilliet

Yep, weak strike. If you want to see some really weak strikes and flat hair on unc pieces, look at the 1892-o morgans on ebay, for example. It is notoriously weakly struck.

GoldenEyeNumismatics

Normal strike for a 99-O.

Strike isn't very prohibitive of grade on Morgans until 66/67. Especially on common years.