GTG - REVEALED One of the Trickiest Morgans I've Ever Seen

68+

Wow, the luster pops on that baby!
Edited to add: after another look, I’m going with 67-67+.
Great looking coin!

@FlyingAl said:

@DeplorableDan said:
Nevermind, I see that the top pop is 67+ so I want to change my guess to that

This was recently holdered, so the pops may or may not be current.

Well, like @MFeld my initial impression was "better than 67+", so if that's a possibility I would keep it at 68+. I don't even see a hit or a hairline on the coin anywhere, and it looks like its screaming with luster. I don't know what would hold it back from 68 unless it was graded 30 years ago or if the images were deceptive.

Very nice, I'll go 68. Edited to add, I didn't see 67+ was the highest grade for that date.

I want to say 67 or 67+ because of the date/mint but based on the photos I don't see any reason it shouldn't be a 68.

I'm going to say 68

@MFeld said:

@1madman said:
66

Why so low?
I’ll go with 67+, and would have guessed higher if any had graded higher.

Cheek looks weird, like rubbed with a sock? I’ve seen this look on gold before and it normally deducts 1 point. Reverse eagle has a few problems/ticks as well. The somewhat strange lighting in the photo doesn’t help.

Pops are updated every working weekday at around midnight pacific time, so unless this thing was graded and returned and photographed on a Saturday, current pops should be accurate.

Without reading the replies, I thought the image looked like a MS68, so will stay with that.

67+ beaned, yes!

67 with cac sticker

67+, that's a super nice one!

That’s a WOWSER.

68+

Going to guess 67+. Man, that is absolutely worthy of the statement "one of the nicest Morgans I've ever seen"!

My gut is that this is a trick post and there is a microscopic patch of hairlines we can’t see in the photo. That could also just be my cynicism.

Based on what we see, if this had been an 1881-S, I would have guessed MS69. Since it is a better date, I would have said 68 or if the graders were particularly harsh 67+ without cheating.

67+

67+ and bean

68 Absolutely pristine

What's the ding on the throat?

MS68

67+ all day long

@DeplorableDan said:

@FlyingAl said:

@DeplorableDan said:
Nevermind, I see that the top pop is 67+ so I want to change my guess to that

This was recently holdered, so the pops may or may not be current.

Well, like @MFeld my initial impression was "better than 67+", so if that's a possibility I would keep it at 68+. I don't even see a hit or a hairline on the coin anywhere, and it looks like its screaming with luster. I don't know what would hold it back from 68 unless it was graded 30 years ago or if the images were deceptive.

I believe I see a bag mark on the reverse (approx. 4 o'clock position) between America and Dollar, as well as a few on the obverse lower throat area.
If the coin appears to be a 68 to many here, there must be a reason why it's not registered as a 68. I'm then going to say a Details/ Questionable Color.

@Soldi said:
The angular second picture or "reveal" tells the tale of the grade. Totally AU

, but a nice coin.

The GTG is an MS 65 coin "purple is dried dip residue" Again another nice coin

65

You're looking at two different coins entirely.

67+

68 was my guess. But if 67+ is the highest, it must be that.

I have a 67+ but this looks cleaner.