Not the kind of 21-S Morgan you see every day
messydesk
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Not a Thornhead, no die breaks or strong clashes. No die cracks, either. Or die wear. None. Nothing but silky fields and great detail edge to edge. It does have scribbles, for what it's worth (VAM 1BT), and they're quite sharp.
For an issue where most coins looks like mush, there are no legitimate DMPLs, and you can count the PLs on a Fun Size bag of M&Ms, this is the kind of 21-S you want.
John
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Very clean indeed. Raw?
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Outstanding piece.
No die breaks or cracks, or clashes, on a 21-S Morgan? Must have been a First Strike! Nice looking example there.
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Negative. Light scuff on the coin.
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Thanks. 21-S dies didn't crack as much as 21-D did. They just turned to mush, as if the dies were made from potatoes rather than die steel, presumably because they weren't correctly hardened in SF. The typical 21-S has peripheral lettering and stars being drawn into the rim.
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very nice coin
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Very nice indeed.
Very nice!
Not PL. PCGS 65.
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But they do seem to get attacked by unknown forces that like to leave gouges on them more than the other two. Maybe a midget ninja worked at SF after the war and needed to vent with some literal micro-aggressions
Absolute beauty. Looks real clean for a MS65.
Wow very nice coin there for sure! Definitely not what you see everyday
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What a nice coin and is better than 65, at least in this date!
Looks like there's minor tics on the jaw, nose, upper check and above the eye plus some minor scuffs in the field in from of the face. These are all in the focal area. Don't get me wrong, it's a super coin but any other date and I wouldn't be shocked if I saw it in either a 64 or 5 holder. 21's are graded with a different standard however and any less than 65 would be out of the question. Maybe 65+ on a good day but it's a solid 65 for a 21
Nice looking 20th Century Type!
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Best 1921-S I have ever seen!
Just an outstanding coin.
It's a gorgeous '21-S!! And as usual, you know how to show it off properly.
I don't get it. They're NOT supposed to look like that.
What did the Mint do wrong?
Pete
That is a real beauty... is that an edge/rim deformation at one o'clock on the reverse? Very minor, but seems to appear on the obverse as well at five o'clock...Cheers, RickO
This is really nice for one of those coins. Usually they are dull and baggy.
PCGS gasket.
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Thanks... I looked for the 'gasket' in other locations...and when I did not see it, I thought rim damage... Glad to hear it is not..... Cheers, RickO
Splendid example!
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Really nice coin... looks better than a 65 to me. You did well...
Very nice 1921 -- even if there is a light scuff! A couple of notches above the usual Uncirculated quality.
Such an Awesome 21-s OP!
...well the coin is 100% not PL so there's that...also there is no such thing as squeaking out a PL on a 21-s, even if it's PL...that's why
Great looking coin.
@messydesk I really like that 21-S
...Since it's in PCGS plastic I will guess (with confidence) the mirrors on the fields are 2" to 4" at least
That's an amazingly gorgeous coin. PL is purely a function of the depth of the mirrored fields so you can't really say with confidence if a coin makes the mark from pics alone. An in hand inspection is required. That said, PCGS saw this one in hand and they don't give out PL to 21 Morgan's on a whim due to their rarity and value.
...what look like hairlines are actually work that was done on the die and transferred onto the coin (scribbles and such)...also, on PL and especially DMPL coins, hits and marks show up way worse than they actually are. So the same amount of hits on a 64PL coin can make it look like a 62 on a frosty white coin.
The Wayne Miller Textbook says that "only one-half dozed or so fully prooflike 1921-S dollars are known to exist. Two of these exhibit very prominent die scratches in the obverse field..." The 64PL shown could be one that Miller examined. Technically prooflike, but if all I have to go on is the picture shown, I'm swiping left on that one.
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Are you sure he is saying it is PL. No way the coin in the OP is PL.