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GTG 1879-S Morgan Revealed in the comments

Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 25, 2026 6:37PM in U.S. Coin Forum

Recent purchase.

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  • Rc5280Rc5280 Posts: 1,206 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS65. I want to add the PL but I just can't

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 31,447 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ms 65

  • Baylor8670Baylor8670 Posts: 230 ✭✭✭

    66

    (If it's PL, that's a ton of luster for a PL coin)

  • U1chicagoU1chicago Posts: 6,848 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS 64
    …obverse appears like it could be pl but reverse misses the mark

  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,670 ✭✭✭✭✭
    1. and i'm not good with pl/dmpl on classics going by photos, but i'm down with not PL
  • USMarine6USMarine6 Posts: 2,046 ✭✭✭✭✭

    64PL

  • JerseyBJerseyB Posts: 155 ✭✭✭

    MS64pl. Lots of die polish I like the look.

  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,120 ✭✭✭✭✭

    64pl

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  • mattnissmattniss Posts: 813 ✭✭✭✭✭

    MS64+ is my guess. I think the reverse misses the PL. Nice coin!

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 7,565 ✭✭✭✭✭

    64PL RGDS!

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  • ifthevamzarockinifthevamzarockin Posts: 8,914 ✭✭✭✭✭

    65

  • pursuitoflibertypursuitofliberty Posts: 7,720 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Strong 64, just miss on PL


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  • DesertCoinDesertCoin Posts: 286 ✭✭✭

    MS64

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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 25,014 ✭✭✭✭✭

    64, no pl. Reverse lacks the necessary mirrors.

    bob :)
    PS: love the die polish.

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  • logger7logger7 Posts: 9,515 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The coin has a lot of eye appeal so grading probably graded it at a level where it would be valued in the $200-$300 range.

  • Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2026 5:12AM

    @logger7 said:
    The coin has a lot of eye appeal so grading probably graded it at a level where it would be valued in the $200-$300 range.

    Based on what?
    This is a GTG thread not an appraise the value thread.
    The grade in part determines the value the value does not necessarily determine the grade. Posts like this confuse me. I do not understand this type of mindset.

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  • coastaljerseyguycoastaljerseyguy Posts: 2,037 ✭✭✭✭✭

    64PL

  • vplite99vplite99 Posts: 1,421 ✭✭✭✭✭

    65, PL.

    Vplite99
  • coinbufcoinbuf Posts: 12,345 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I would grade it as MS64+, I suspect that PCGS market graded it MS65PL possibly even MS66. If you understand market grading, you understand the comment by logger7.

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  • lkeneficlkenefic Posts: 9,283 ✭✭✭✭✭

    ... on the fence for MS65... I'll go MS64+...

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  • Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2026 6:12PM

    I like Morgans with semi-pl surfaces. I seek them out.
    I also like them with lots of luster and sometimes polish lines. This coin checked all the boxes for what I like.
    So I am pleased.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,670 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2026 6:17PM

    another complaint of market grading is that there is more subjectivity than numeric grading. was the high bid due to someone who just had to have it? or did a number of bidders run a pq coin up? whose pq eye does it use? casein point: 66PL market grade? with the luster breaks on the cheek and neck? no way. pure subjectivity.

    technicals, not batted eyes

  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 9,573 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 26, 2026 8:53PM

    MS64 PL. gouge on cheek jeeps it from higher grade.

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  • CoinscratchCoinscratch Posts: 10,749 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I am hoping 63DMPL with a really bad trueview. But will take half the medicine and go 64PL.

  • Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2026 6:29PM

    I thought market grading was a term for an AU coin that would be "market graded or accepted" as an MS coin because the market would accept it as such.
    Anything else is pure conjecture.

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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,670 ✭✭✭✭✭

    where i've hear it used was on judging various 1794 S$1 and forgetting they go years between sales (market fluctuations anyone?)

  • Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭✭✭


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  • MsMorrisineMsMorrisine Posts: 38,670 ✭✭✭✭✭

    66 !! lol "just shoot me"

    we were tough, but I really don't like those aforementioned breaks. where did I go wrong?

  • Morgan13Morgan13 Posts: 2,301 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2026 6:50PM

    If those breaks weren't there this coin would likely be a 67
    They dont bother me at all. The trueview makes the luster breaks look much more prominent then they are.
    The contrast really sets the coin off.

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  • U1chicagoU1chicago Posts: 6,848 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 25, 2026 9:42PM

    @Morgan13 said:

    This was one of the cases where the TrueView was not better than I thought the coin would be in a normal photo. The slab picture reassures me that 66 is appropriate. Nice coin!

  • Baylor8670Baylor8670 Posts: 230 ✭✭✭
    edited April 26, 2026 10:30AM

    @Baylor8670 said:

    66

    (If it's PL, that's a ton of luster for a PL coin)

    After being wrong on my last 4,569 guesses, I'm glad I no longer own the longest GTG losing streak.

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