Will this Top 100 Morgan Grade as Problem Free or Cleaned?

moosesr

Any opinions on whether this Top 100 Morgan will Grade as Problem Free or cleaned?

Thanks!

Pokermandude

Cleaned.

kimber45ACP

<< <i>Cleaned. >>


+1

291fifth

Harshly cleaned.

moosesr

I was about to convince myself that this coin was not cleaned.....The coin is really bright, but doesn't have any really deep cleaning marks. Would some Taco Bell Napkin toning help?

johnny9434

cleaned. no opinion on the napkins. (fwiw)

JJM

that will not grade

messydesk

Cleaned, although it really doesn't look harshly cleaned. Maybe a trip to Taco Bell would help.

BryceM

I'd recommend taking this coin and putting it next to a few slabbed A50 to MS63 examples. The differences should be immediately evident.

moosesr

I did compare it to a few AU50 to AU55 slabbed examples and it didn't look all that different to me, maybe just brighter than the others. That is why I thought about the Taco Bell toning possibility.

jmj3esq

Harshly cleaned. No chance at a grade.

AUandAG

How could you miss all the little parallel scratches? If it were from normal circulation the scratches would
all be random and not all going the same direction (parallel).

cleaned.

bob

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

cleaned…but depending on how rare the VAM is, you can always still have it attributed (TOP 100) and slabbed as AU/Details in a PCGS holder. Good luck to you either way.

Erik

moosesr

When I rotated the coin under bright light the scratches didn't seem to be all parallel like they look in my pictures.

pmac

Polished.

moosesr

Here are some pictures of a 1921-s AU53 that I just took. I guess it doesn't have as many parallel lines as the other coin.

BustCuds

Harshly cleaned, will not grade

Nickcap

Moosesr,

nice 1B-4 Thornhead.

BustHalfBrian

Can confidently say that coin will not grade.

Sonorandesertrat

That piece won't receive a grade. Based on those images, I think that it has been polished.

BryceM

It's hard to put into words the look that the first coin exhibits, but the surfaces look polished. ALL of the scratches on the cheek are oriented in a similar direction. Look at Liberty's cap, the hair, and the lettering around the rim. These areas all look unnaturally bright/flashy. There is no depth to the luster - more like it's painted on. The second coin shows deeper luster with a more original, granular look to the surfaces. There is evidence of a wipe with a few scratches going the same direction, but the whole coin doesn't show the same polished look the first one does.

moosesr

I will use the Taco Bell Napkin Toning technique on the coin and see if I can make it look more natural.

3keepSECRETif2rDEAD

<< <i>I will use the Taco Bell Napkin Toning technique on the coin and see if I can make it look more natural. >>



going for the double/double are we (cleaned/AT)? I suppose it is basketball season

Erik

Hmann

Take a common date slider Morgan, and pull out the silver polish and get to work. After your done, take a look at it. It becomes very obvious after that what the proper luster on a coin should look like.

lkeigwin

<< <i>Take a common date slider Morgan, and pull out the silver polish and get to work. After your done, take a look at it. It becomes very obvious after that what the proper luster on a coin should look like. >>

Sounds like fun!

WTCG

Definitely cleaned.