Options
Guess the Grade - 5 Morgans With Trueviews (one is Altered Surfaces) GRADES REVEALED in last post
hutze1nm
Posts: 235 ✭✭✭
Guess the Grade - 5 Morgans With Trueviews (one is Altered Surfaces)
Removed the Cert #s so that no one can take the easy way out!
Things I like to do: Collect PL Morgans. That’s is all.
2
Comments
I'm going to guess the 1900 has the A/S as some marks seem to be chemically dulled out. I'm not a very good grader so I'll pass on the rest of your question. Nice coins!
I'll give this a shot..
1881-S MS-66PL
1883-O MS-64PL
1900 Altered Surfaces
1882 MS-66 just missed PL
1881 MS-65
1900 definitely looks altered.Doesnt have the luster of a natural surface.Is it chemically cleaned?
1 65 PL
2 65
3 Altered
4 66
5 65
81S altered surfaces. Grades equal No Idea.
Ken
Very nice post.
Hum, 1900? Strange, I think I've seen that
one before.
Ken may have got it.
R.I.P. Bear
1881-s 65+pl
1883-o 63 pl
1900 64
1882 altered surface
1881 64+
I am going to reveal soon... if there are any other takers please guess, I always hate it when people guess for days and you forget to come back and check the thread and then there is no resolution for your guesses.
65
64PL
65
AS
65
PCGS OFFICIAL GRADES:
1881-S - MS65PL (Raw from a dealer for $60)
1883-O - MS63PL (Cracked from an ICG MS63PL holder That I made original Purchase price $33 plus ICG $14)
1900-P - MS64 (Cracked From a very old MS63 NGC holder For $50 from a local dealer)
1882-P - Altered surfaces (Raw from a dealer for $70)
1881-P - MS64 (Cracked From a very old MS62 NGC holder $55 on Great Collections)
@10000lakes Was Very Close! minus a couple + grades...
Well...late to the party..... Interesting... @hutze1nm ......What are the details on the AS 1882P?? Cheers, RickO
On BU Morgan coins, the acetone reaction can tell you if a coin has altered surfaces or not. If the acetone just lays there and does not immediately evaporate, the surfaces have been altered.
Free Trial
@ricko I think that the dealer I bought it from put women's makeup on the obverse. A powder to give the head more definition. I think that's what they caught
@Wolf359 said: "On BU Morgan coins, the acetone reaction can tell you if a coin has altered surfaces or not. If the acetone just lays there and does not immediately evaporate, the surfaces have been altered."
Interesting. Apparently, you've use this method and you've timed this of course? Any guidelines you wish to share? I better make sure to turn my desk fan off when I try your "trick" to detect coin alterations. Does it work with AT or just things like "dental wax" or "thumbing?" What about whizzed coins? Does the acetone evaporate at different speeds? How do you make sure you place exactly the same amount of acetone on a coin - eye dropper?
I guess that once a person becomes experienced doing this test none of my questions matter.
Yes. The difference is pretty obvious. I dip the entire coin, shake to air dry and check both sides. That's it. Obviously if you have an cheek area where it doesn't evaporate you might have a thumb job, but that's a guess. I use it for altered surfaces, so I don't send those coins out to PCGS.
Free Trial