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GTG 1898-P Morgan Dollar Newly Graded - Update Grade Posted

GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
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So of you may know the grade on this from my last thread. I bought a new camera and tried to get some better pics. These aren't bad but I need to work on my lighting I think.

If you know the grade please wait. I would like to hear what anyone thinks of the photos with any suggestions for lighting. Here it is:

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Play GTG and let me know what you think pf the pic and the coin. I'll post the grade later.
GMan

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  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,177 ✭✭✭✭
    Nice dollar. Looks textbook MS64 to me.
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  • cheezhedcheezhed Posts: 5,855 ✭✭✭✭✭
    64+
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  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 13,995 ✭✭✭✭✭
    65
    When in doubt, don't.
  • gripgrip Posts: 9,962 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>64+ >>




    Agree.
  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Certainly 64.... very nice Morgan...could be a +..... Cheers, RickO
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,789 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Should be a 65 but might get a 64 so how about the +?

    64+


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  • jcpingjcping Posts: 2,649 ✭✭✭
    MS65 to me.
    an SLQ and Ike dollars lover
  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    My pics just aren't doing it. I wish I knew the secret to great pics on BU coins.

    Here's a hint, it does indeed have a plus but no one has guessed the grade yet.

    GMan
  • rkfishrkfish Posts: 2,617 ✭✭✭
    65+
    Steve

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  • Ajjohnson77Ajjohnson77 Posts: 481
    From what im seeing these days at PCGS that's a MS64. I think its a MS65 though.
  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭


    << <i>From what im seeing these days at PCGS that's a MS64. I think its a MS65 though. >>



    It's official, my pics stink. I'm going to try and get something better in just a bit.

    Just to spice things up, here's an 1886-P I had graded at the same time. Do you think it's lower grade than the 1898 or higher and what grade do you think the 1886 is?

    image
    GMan
  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,249 ✭✭✭✭✭
    65?

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  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    I'm going to try to shoot better pics after lunch. I've been reading a bit and have a few ideas to improve the pictures, plus a dug out an old copy stand to play with.

    So far no one has guessed right, but with these pics it doesn't surprise me.
    GMan
  • pufferpuffer Posts: 535
    It looks like a gem to me.
  • rkfishrkfish Posts: 2,617 ✭✭✭
    MUST BE A 66+ THEN.image
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  • BustHalfBrianBustHalfBrian Posts: 4,177 ✭✭✭✭
    The 1886 looks nicer, IMO. The cheek is rounder, luster is stronger, and the strike appears to be better (it's hard to tell from your pics, which I agree could use fine-tuning).
    Lurking and learning since 2010. Full-time professional numismatist based in SoCal.
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  • joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,746 ✭✭✭✭✭
    64 on the first 65 on the 2nd
    may the fonz be with you...always...
  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    Try as I might I couldn't get any better pictures worth posting. So without further ado, here is the slab:

    image

    I was thrilled with the 66+ of course and the 1886-P went MS-65. I'll probably have this 66+ Trueviewed and update the thread with good pics later. There are no dark spots on the coin, those are just reflections in my poor photos. Thanks for playing!
    GMan
  • joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,746 ✭✭✭✭✭
    image
    image
    may the fonz be with you...always...
  • KyleKyle Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My guess would have been 64+ shot at a 5.
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  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭


    << <i>My guess would have been 64+ shot at a 5. >>



    That's how bad my pictures are. No one had a chance.
    GMan
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  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    Every time I try that it just gets lost in reflections. I'll keep messing with it. I know it's the lighting because circulated coins come out nice and sharp.
    GMan
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  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭

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    GMan
  • KyleKyle Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Every time I try that it just gets lost in reflections. I'll keep messing with it. I know it's the lighting because circulated coins come out nice and sharp. >>


    Is the lighting diffused well enough?
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  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    I tried to diffuse the light but the coin just came out flat with no detail. I'm using CFL bulbs maybe I should try an LED.
    GMan
  • KyleKyle Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'd suggest Jansjo lights.

    You can pick them up at IKEA, for about $10 each.
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  • pufferpuffer Posts: 535
    So as an MS66+ it looks like an $880 coin. What was the source of the coin?
  • Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It's going to take more than lights to make me believe that baby is a 66+. Smoke and mirrors? Maybe!
  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,249 ✭✭✭✭✭
    congrats

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  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭


    << <i>So as an MS66+ it looks like an $880 coin. What was the source of the coin? >>



    The price guide on a 66+ is $1400. Pop is 68 with 77 higher. I bought the coin raw about 4 years ago and finally sent it in just recently. I think it was in a Dansco of Morgans I bought. The 1886 came from the same source. These were the two nicest ones of the bunch. I knew it was nice but I was shocked to see it come back as a 66+. The pictures I've posted are terrible. I've compared this coin to all the other 1898 66+ coins on eBay, Heritage, and Coinfacts, and I think in hand it compares nicely. I don't think it's a dog for the grade at all. I just wish I could get some decent pictures. I may box it up with some other coins today and ship it off for the Trueview special.
    GMan
  • pufferpuffer Posts: 535
    Text A number of these in 66 have sold for $880. Not sure how much the plus is worth.
  • GManGMan Posts: 790 ✭✭
    Hard to say what it might sell for. There is one 66+ listed on ebay right now for $1150 I think. Several 66's seem to have sold around the $600 mark.
    GMan

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