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Need opinions on potential grade on 1880 Morgan dollar
Fangz
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Hey everyone, I was just going through my grandfathers coins and found this 1880 Morgan silver dollar that seems to be in great shape. Has a great luster and detail. Going to most likely get it graded but I'm new to all of this but my best guess would be a 60-65. I could be completely wrong though. Trying to follow in my grandfathers footsteps so I'm trying to learn as much as I can haha.
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63/64 kinda coin. Not really worth grading right now.
"It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Tough to grade from the photos. I would say 58 if I had to guess.
ok thanks. I also just found an 1878 dollar as well. It is in worse condition than the other but I know there are a lot of varieties.
'78 Reverse '79. Nothing too special in that shape. Grade is VF det damaged (issue over A of AMERICA and star below)
"It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Yeah I figured. Thanks for the help though!
The 1880-S is AU and the 1878 is a damaged VF. Neither coin is worth grading.
A couple nice pieces of American history. Enjoy as is.
Just nice old Morgans... Good for an album or just to enjoy the big silver coins. Not worth the investment to have graded. Cheers, RickO
Welcome aboard and good luck following in your grandfather's footsteps! I wouldn't have either Morgan dollars graded, but the 1880-S is a nice AU55-58 and both are worth holding onto as keepsakes.
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That 80-S won't grade AU unless there are circulation hairlines hiding in his pics.
"It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
Low MS and VF details. Both common and cool to keep as mementos. I have a coin from my Great Grandfather that he got from the CC mint in 1870. Still in the family all these years later. He's been dead since 1879 and we still remember him.
bob
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Thanks everyone! And that’s awesome. My grandfather loved coins and loved collecting. Anything from old train sets, to cameras, to coins. Trying to learn as much as I can so I really do appreciate all the help.
Also what is the best way to take pictures of coins? The pictures I took of the 1880 don’t fully show the coins luster well.
Au55
I'll add one more thing about saving coins that were passed down and not selling them (unless you have to). Every generation that sees them asks where did these come from. Then they get to hear their own family history about their long gone relatives. This is called lore. Stories passed from one generation to another. Please keep some of them and get them in cheap holder just to protect them .
If you need a holder or two for dollars just send me a pm with what you need and where to send (free).
bob
Entire books have been written on this subject. Just buy the book “Numismatic Photography” by Mark Goodman. He posts here, sometimes.
Just a quick correction, that would be Mark Goodman, not Goodwin. And I would second this thought, here is a link to his website. coinimaging.com/ Alot of the info on his site is very technical but if you look under the articles section for basic coin photography you can learn lots about taking great coin photos.
As to the op's coins those are very nice keepsakes but I would not be in any rush to have them certified.
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Hmmm. Fixed. Thanks. That’s what I meant to type. Autocorrect? I dunno.
Lol autocorrect has gotten me a time or two.
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
Thanks Everyone I will look into that book!
That’s a cool story, did you Great Grandfather work for the mint or did he just find the coin in circulation. Also out of curiosity what do those initials represent?