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Why did this Morgan get a Gold Bean ?

Heritage pictures before the bean.
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Pictures with the bean
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Does CAC think it is a higher grade or PL ? Thank you in advance for your comments. Sorry if the photos are not up to par but i am trying.
Carolyn

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  • MisterBungleMisterBungle Posts: 2,308 ✭✭✭
    From the pictures, it looks at least PL.

    Hard to tell from pictures though.

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  • speetyspeety Posts: 5,424
    Both? The coin looks very clean to me...

    (Although I must add a disclaimer that i'm not a morgan guy by any stretch image )
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  • WTCGWTCG Posts: 8,940 ✭✭✭
    Because the coin appears to be better than the assigned grade.

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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,934 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is so hard to tell form the Heritage scans. I think the mark on U in UNUM is on the slab. The fields look very clean. If CAC thought it would 65pl would that gold bean? Generally it seems like OGH were looser with the PL designation so I dont think that is the case.
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  • MarkInDavisMarkInDavis Posts: 1,719 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>From the pictures, it looks at least PL.

    Hard to tell from pictures though.

    ~ >>



    I agree. Definitely appears PL.
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  • mommam17mommam17 Posts: 971 ✭✭✭
    CAC put the gold sticker on this Morgan to warn the owner of the coin not to sell it for the grade on the holder.
  • DennisHDennisH Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like a 66PL to me
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  • airplanenutairplanenut Posts: 22,333 ✭✭✭✭✭
    That coin has an exceptional cheek, especially given that the frostiness would accent even light chatter. If those photos were posted and the declared grade was 67, I wouldn't complain. The second set of images indicates that a PL/DMPL designation may also be in order. Granted I don't think the photos are good enough to get a definite understanding, but I like what I see.
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  • Type2Type2 Posts: 13,985 ✭✭✭✭✭
    imageIt will up grade, Nice. image


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  • fivecentsfivecents Posts: 11,207 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Because the coin appears to be better than the assigned grade >>

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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭
    Wanna sell it?
  • BarcatBarcat Posts: 195 ✭✭
    Not yet. I just bought it and had it CACd. Not sure if i want to get it reholdered either.
    Carolyn
  • MidLifeCrisisMidLifeCrisis Posts: 10,550 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Not yet. I just bought it and had it CACd. Not sure if i want to get it reholdered either. >>


    That's a nice coin.

    If I were you, I would NOT - repeat - NOT have it reholdered.
  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,074 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like very clean fields , and looks 66 to me at least....= Bean
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  • blu62vetteblu62vette Posts: 11,934 ✭✭✭✭✭


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    << <i>Not yet. I just bought it and had it CACd. Not sure if i want to get it reholdered either. >>


    That's a nice coin.

    If I were you, I would NOT - repeat - NOT have it reholdered. >>



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  • mrearlygoldmrearlygold Posts: 17,858 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>

    << <i>Not yet. I just bought it and had it CACd. Not sure if i want to get it reholdered either. >>


    That's a nice coin.

    If I were you, I would NOT - repeat - NOT have it reholdered. >>



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  • orevilleoreville Posts: 12,121 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Looks like an awesome coin to me too.



    << <i>If I were you, I would NOT - repeat - NOT have it reholdered. >>

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  • COALPORTERCOALPORTER Posts: 2,900 ✭✭


    << <i>Not yet. I just bought it and had it CACd. Not sure if i want to get it reholdered either. >>




    Naaaa, you could sell it to CAC and let them get the upgrade. image
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Actually if you call JA he will probably tell you what he liked about it.
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  • dizzyfoxxdizzyfoxx Posts: 9,823 ✭✭✭
    That Morgan looks 66 all day IMO.
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  • This is a easy question.

    Because John (or somebody at CAC) thought it was superior for the ms65 grade.
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  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,646 ✭✭✭✭✭
    First of all, the coin in question is perhaps ONE date that most Morgan experts would place in their top 3 for the series in terms of strike, quality, DMPL, PL or whatever.

    Nice coin and 66PL, at a minimum, seems appropriate.

    The 80-s and 81-s are held to a higher standard and this example is nice and then there is terrific and the measurement for this date in high grade gets a little fuzzy because there is such a high surviving population in high grade.

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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,945 ✭✭✭✭✭
    i dunno, it looks nice and clean to me. hard to tell by the pics thou. enjoy it image
  • joebb21joebb21 Posts: 4,759 ✭✭✭✭✭
    why would it not? it looks beautiful
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  • I cant think of a better 65 that i have seen. Awesome coin! Compare that coin to some of the CC's in 65 holders and it will be a real eye opener.
  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭


    << <i>This is a easy question.

    Because John (or somebody at CAC) thought it was superior for the ms65 grade. >>

    Actually, it means that they thought it was superior TO, not for, the MS65 grade. In other words that it was under-graded, not merely high end for the assigned grade.
  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,465 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very attractive toning, obv. appears more PL than the rev. IMHO.
    Sometimes suttle toning is better than extreme toning.
    The cheeck is nearly mark free, perhaps 66 on a good day?
    I like the coin, despite it being common in DMPL/PL, and what coinkat said.
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  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,205 ✭✭✭✭✭
    John sometimes posts here so maybe he will chime in.
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  • coinguy1coinguy1 Posts: 13,484 ✭✭✭


    << <i>John sometimes posts here so maybe he will chime in. >>

    I doubt that. He is very considerate in making sure he doesn't post anything which could fairly be construed as spam.
  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,598 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The coin looks like it could rate an MS-66, but how many collectors really care? High grade, well struck S mint dollars from the late 1870s and early 1880s are kind of boring so far as I"m concerned because there are so many of them. This coin might be more collectable because of the gold CAC sticker than anything else.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,470 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Question: Why did this Morgan get a Gold Bean ?

    Answer : Because some Morgans need all the help they can get.
  • I'm waiting for the platinum beans
  • sweetwillietsweetwilliet Posts: 2,315 ✭✭✭
    In my opinion, the coin does look undergraded, at least from the pics. I would grade it 66pl from the pics. The cheek is real clean, and no marks to speak of, with very minimal chatter in the fields. I agree with most of what has already been said, and the gold bean adds more value than an upgrade to 66, or possibly more than an upgrade to 66pl. If it were my coin, I would keep it in that holder with the sticker.
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  • AMRCAMRC Posts: 4,280 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like a 66PL to me >>



    Or very close.
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  • I'm waiting for the platinum beans

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  • PCcoinsPCcoins Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭
    Looks like a solid ms66 from the images! congrats!!!
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  • mumumumu Posts: 1,840
    I think it just misses DMPL but clearly that is a PL and as someone said it wouldnt look out of place in a 67 holder. I think the PERFECT grade for that one is MS66+PL
  • alohagaryalohagary Posts: 2,828 ✭✭✭✭
    beautiful
  • BAJJERFANBAJJERFAN Posts: 31,205 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm waiting for the platinum beans >>



    Iridium, Rhenium and Osmium will come before platinum.
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  • TwoSides2aCoinTwoSides2aCoin Posts: 44,470 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I'm waiting for the platinum beans >>



    Iridium, Rhenium and Osmium will come before platinum. >>



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  • jmj3esqjmj3esq Posts: 5,421
    Looks like gold bean material to me. Instead of the bean I would have regarded it...even better cracked it out and resubmitted. Looks like possbile MS66 and at least PL. Both would be worth more than a 65 with the bean.


  • << <i>Because the coin appears to be better than the assigned grade. >>



    +1 looks better than a 65

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