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LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 12-03-2006, 04:39 PM   #1 (permalink) Freddypm Silver & quot ;Sta llio n&am p;amp;qu ot;     Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 216 My Mood: Your thoughts on this 1888 Morgan? I picked up this 1888 Morgan today. It is not a real high grade but it is a year i needed. I believe I got a a good deal on it. Please take a look and let me know what you think? What would you grade it? Freddypm Attached Thumbnails       12-03-2006, 04:43 PM   #2 (permalink) GDJMSP Numismatist     Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: PA Posts: 24,653 XF40 probably, but it appears to have been harshly cleaned. __________________ knowledge ..... share it   12-03-2006, 04:56 PM   #3 (permalink) acanthite ALIIS DIVES     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Western hemisphere Posts: 1,880 My Mood: I'm guessing 35-40. And cleaned.   12-03-2006, 05:17 PM   #4 (permalink) b.j. Senior Member     Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Upstate New York Posts: 160 My Mood: It looks XF 40 - 45, but the picture is a bit blurred. I would also suspect that it may have been cleaned. __________________ b.j.   12-03-2006, 05:27 PM   #5 (permalink) Cloudsweeper99 Treasure Hunter     Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 5,766 I'm thinking of picking up a cleaned morgan dollar in about XF condition to run an experiment in "uncleaning" a coin. I plan to just carry it with me in my pocket with some change, car keys, etc. until it wears down to about VF. After all, this is how coins get to VF condition "naturally" in the first place, and they are designed for this treatment. The removal of a tiny amount of the surface through normal wear should also remove traces of having been cleaned. I figure it might take about 6 months.   12-03-2006, 05:51 PM   #6 (permalink) Treashunt The Other Frank     Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New York Posts: 17,770 It looks like a real coin.   Bookmarks Digg del.icio.us StumbleUpon Google Would you like to support CoinTalk? Coin Talk Code of Honor 1. Post unto others as you would have them post unto you. 2. Keep it clean, like a 1950s family television show. 3. If you don't like the coin, don't trash the person. « tokens | CWT Question » Thread Tools Show Printable Version Email this Page Display Modes Rate This Thread Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Switch to Threaded Mode Rate This Thread: 5 : Excellent 4 : Good 3 : Average 2 : Bad 1 : Terrible Posting Rules You may not post new threads You may not post replies You may not post attachments You may not edit your posts BB code is On Smilies are On [IMG] code is On HTML code is Off Trackbacks are On Pingbacks are On Refbacks are On Forum Rules LinkBack LinkBack URL About LinkBacks

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