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New Purchase: 1889-S Morgan Dollar - Original Surfaces

StuartStuart Posts: 9,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
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I recently purchased this 1889-S Morgan Dollar primarily because of it's original surfaces and lack of distracting contact marks.



1889-S Morgan Dollar


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Stuart

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    AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,038 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very nice looking coin...AU55?



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    GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 18,508 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Not a fan, sorry. Coin looks dull and washed out in those images.



    Hope I'm wrong.
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    LanceNewmanOCCLanceNewmanOCC Posts: 19,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
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    nice one.



    subdued images but it is there. just a little dusty.

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    goldengolden Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Goldbully
    Not a fan, sorry. Coin looks dull and washed out in those images.

    Hope I'm wrong.


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    DRUNNERDRUNNER Posts: 3,946 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I see it exactly as the OP presented it . . . a relatively common high-AU coin with an original surface. Fun to see one with this look. Sure . . . it isn't going to go for 5 figures in the next Heritage auction, but it is well photographed, original, and nice as such.



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    BarndogBarndog Posts: 20,525 ✭✭✭✭✭
    knowing the tastes of the OP, I don't think this is an AU coin. Likely a lower MS (62) and the images don't show off any luster because of the imaging/photo processing, not the coin itself. Subdued luster MS62 is what it looks like to me, a good fit for stuart's collection.
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    TPRCTPRC Posts: 3,817 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I also love the look and would love to have a set with that look.

    Tom

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    WalkerfanWalkerfan Posts: 10,332 ✭✭✭✭✭
    She's remarkably clean with an old skin that subdues her luster. I could learn to like this old gal.

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    vplitevplite Posts: 1,385 ✭✭✭
    I'll give my first impression (AU) a "Stuart" bump to a low MS grade, since we know his tastes.
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    StuartStuart Posts: 9,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I realized when I posted images of this coin on the forum that there'd likely be a wide variety of opinions and responses. Thanks for all of the interesting comments and observations that my fellow forum members have taken the time to post.



    As mentioned in the original post, I decided to purchase this 1889-S Morgan Dollar primarily because of it's original surfaces and lack of distracting contact marks.



    After years of collecting Morgan Dollars, IMO it's becoming progressively more difficult to find attractive undipped coins with original surfaces. I like to purchase such coins when I see them, especially when they possess a similar pleasing look (balanced appearance) on both obverse and reverse.



    I'll post an update to this thread after receiving the coin and having a chance to examine her in hand.

    Stuart

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

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    StuartStuart Posts: 9,831 ✭✭✭✭✭
    As promised, I'm pleased to post an update to this thread after having received the coin and having examined it in hand.



    The coin appears very different in person than as depicted in the photos posted. -- It exhibits strong semi-prooflike to prooflike field reflectivity that brightens up the coin significantly, illuminating through the smoky gray-brown dusty toning when viewed while rotating it in light.



    It probably did not receive the Prooflike designation because the thick toning layer subdues the prooflike field reflectivity measured mirror depth.

    Stuart

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

    "Luck is what happens when Preparation meets Opportunity"
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    rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Glad to hear you are pleased with the coin.... It does look to have good surfaces without

    distracting marks. I do not know what slab it is in, but it likely spent a good deal of time

    in a semi-inert environment to gain that even color. Cheers, RickO
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    johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 33,173 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Originally posted by: Goldbully
    Not a fan, sorry. Coin looks dull and washed out in those images.

    Hope I'm wrong.


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