I just can't resist first gen. holders

morganbarber · October 28, 2007 1:31PM

Yeah, I know that the picture is terrible, which means that, yes, I know, I bought the plastic and not the coin, but I am rarely disappointed on auctions like these.

savoyspecial · October 28, 2007 1:33PM

lots of glare on that pic but fortunately the glare is right on Liberty's cheek, and i must say that cheek looks clean!! you just might have scored an upgrade

greg

JZrarities · October 28, 2007 1:40PM

Nice color on the Reverse....

blu62vette · October 28, 2007 1:43PM

I think you did good......

Barndog · October 28, 2007 1:49PM

...and it's only fifty bucks.

morganbarber · October 31, 2007 10:59AM

Coin arrived today. Very interesting. Very late die state. a lot of orange peel surfaces. A lot of cracks where I am not accustomed to seeing them. Two seperate clashes. On some levels a late-die-state dog. On other levels, a very interesting coin. MS64 is a fair grade for it.

fc · October 31, 2007 11:14AM

any chance for improved pictures?

morganbarber · October 31, 2007 12:46PM

Unfortunately, the only digital camera we own is at least five years old and I've never really practiced using it--especially not for coins.

airplanenut · October 31, 2007 12:51PM

<< <i>a lot of orange peel surfaces. >>

I've found that the majority of 1886s I've handled have orange peel surfaces... good thing I like the look

morganbarber · October 31, 2007 11:01PM

I was just looking on VAM World. Under "VAMs not assigned varieties" There are several pictures which are exactly like this coin. The "railroad track" clash marks from the wing to the "I" in "IN", the die break coming from cap, "Clash mark at neck with no visible transferred lettering" and "Reverse die sinking near denticles" are all evident on this coin. I no longer regret not being able to photograph my coin because these pictures are better than I could produce anyway.

Steve27 · October 31, 2007 11:05PM

Well, Liberty looks a little down, but it's probably a nice coin.

dorkkarl · October 31, 2007 11:14PM

sorry, but it looks just about like a common silver round & the chunk of plastic adds nothing to it. you paid about double what you should of

K S

fc · October 31, 2007 11:57PM

dorkkarl is sorta right you know.
there are many older folks who have rolls of these morgans
just sitting away in BU.

i never understood why people pay a premium for them.
my dad is one of them. bought during the early 80s.
about 100 BU morgan silver dollars, not true keys, but unslabbed
and sitting in a safety deposit box.

chasing coins is not a great way to collect when there is several
more right around the corner.

buying from bad pics aint helping either.

dorkkarl+1

I just can't resist first gen. holders

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