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1892-O PCGS AU-58 Morgan Dollar - (Prooflike!!)

StuartStuart Posts: 9,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
I posted this coin in a Previous Thread 10 Years Ago.

The 1892-O is a rare bird in the world of PL/DMPL Morgan Dollars -- check the price guides for it in MS-63 DMPL and you'll see what I mean!!

I purchased this coin in an Accugrade (ACG) MS-63 DMPL holder (top photos) from E-Bay in ~2003, because I knew that it was one of the toughest Morgans to find in PL/DMPL designation.

The update is that the coin was submitted raw to PCGS who graded it PCGS AU-58. I can attest to the fact that the field reflectivity is at least a strong PL, and may even make DMPL.

As we know PCGS does not designate AU coins as either PL or DMPL even if the surface reflectivity would meet their reflectivity criterion specification. I was hoping that PCGS would eventually designate lightly circulated (AU) Morgan Dollars with qualifying field reflectivity as either PL or DMPL, so that I could add this to my PCGS PL/DMPL Registry Set.

I'm considering whether or not I should resubmit it to PCGS to see if it might upgrade into an MS holder with Prooflike (or perhaps DMPL) designation, or whether I should submit to NGC to get their AU Prooflike (or DMPL) designation, or perhaps even MS-PL.

Thanks in advance for your thoughts and suggestions about this very intriguing and scarce coin.

1892-O PCGS AU-58 Morgan Dollar - (Prooflike)
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Stuart

Collect 18th & 19th Century US Type Coins, Silver Dollars, $20 Gold Double Eagles and World Crowns & Talers with High Eye Appeal

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    taxbuster1040taxbuster1040 Posts: 355 ✭✭✭
    Wow that coin is a knockout!
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    superpsychmdsuperpsychmd Posts: 1,329 ✭✭✭
    Why not just resubmit it? Looks better than a 58 on the reverse
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    Wolf359Wolf359 Posts: 7,666 ✭✭✭
    Hairlines across the cheek? or only in the fields? The cheek is a killer. Only on the fields and maybe.
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    BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,526 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Hairlines across the cheek? or only in the fields? The cheek is a killer. Only on the fields and maybe. >>



    sort of look like slide marks from album storage
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    TiborTibor Posts: 3,801 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That is a very nice dollar. The mirrors really show nicely.
    I wish it were in my collection!!
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    dizzleccdizzlecc Posts: 1,130 ✭✭✭
    We want updated pictures, these are obviously from the prior ACG holder. It might help to verify the mirrors and to ensure cloudiness did not develop from prior restoration.
    Also it would be nice to eliminate the reflection from the lights in the background. PCGS has a population 12 in pl and 7 in dmpl. Tough coin and I'm guessing they are graded as such.

    They coin does look au from the pics, the mirrors seem to highlight light handling on the high points of the obverse.
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    blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,968 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well worth a few more tries if you believe it to be a PL?DMPL

    I have a 1893-O in PCGS 61PL. O mints around this date a uber hard to find.

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    Wabbit2313Wabbit2313 Posts: 7,268 ✭✭✭✭✭

    It would be beneficial to see a larger image of both sides. Sometimes, a very light cleaning can get you a 58 on an otherwise lovely coin. I can't tell from these images.
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    messydeskmessydesk Posts: 20,794 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'll bet PCGS adds support for a PL designation on AU coins (which they really should do) before they grade that one MS.
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    BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,526 ✭✭✭✭✭
    if you believe in it, resubmit it. Maybe some time in an envelope will soften whatever the graders are seeing that makes it a slider? I don't know Morgans, but I do know to keep trying when you feel like they got something wrong.

    This coin is the plate coin from the half dime book for its die remarriage. Took me SIX tries to get it in the holder it deserved (the holder that reflects the grade given to it by Bowers & Merena in 2002 when it sold at the Russell Logan auction)

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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    If you feel that strongly about it (and 'in hand' is the best evaluation) then crack and resubmit......Cheers, RickO
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    CMCARTCMCART Posts: 1,409 ✭✭✭
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    EastonCollectionEastonCollection Posts: 1,693 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I really don't know Morgans that well but if you send in for regrading to PCGS, it may get a higher grade. Good luck with it and keep us posted.
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