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Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 06-22-2009, 05:33 PM   #1 (permalink) LostDutchman exsisto magister     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,094 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 1883 Proof Morgan Silver Dollar Hey gang!! I recently bought this coin out of an old collection raw (yikes I know right?). I was just packing it up to go to NGC and wanted to take a picture of it before I sent it off. This is what I came up with. __________________ Matt Dinger Lost Dutchman Rare Coins   06-22-2009, 05:46 PM   #2 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,100 My Mood: From those pics this is at least a PF68.... GOSH, REALLY I DON'T SEE ANY FLAWS! You think you have a PF70??? WOW! Can't wait to see, what it comes back at! __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) htpp://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com   06-22-2009, 05:54 PM   #3 (permalink) LostDutchman exsisto magister     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,094 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 I don't know about that! hahah!! It'd be nice, it definitely is a nice coin but I was thinking more like a 65-66. __________________ Matt Dinger Lost Dutchman Rare Coins   06-22-2009, 06:28 PM   #4 (permalink) CrustyCoins Twilight Photographer     Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 1,399 The devices don't look like they are frosty at all, are they pretty much the same color as the fields or is it just the photo? Very interesting and I'm curious how it will grade.   06-22-2009, 06:48 PM   #5 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,628 Quote: Originally Posted by tmoneyeagles From those pics this is at least a PF68.... GOSH, REALLY I DON'T SEE ANY FLAWS! You think you have a PF70??? WOW! Can't wait to see, what it comes back at! The degree of hairlines is usually the major determinant of the grade for Proof coins. And hairlines usually don't show up well, if at all in images. I would bet, just based on the odds and populations, that 1) the coin has obvious flaws (in the form of hairlines) and 2) grades nowhere near a 70. And that's even if it's a nice/quality example.   06-22-2009, 06:51 PM   #6 (permalink) tmoneyeagles Indian Buffalo Gatherer     Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: San Antonio Posts: 6,100 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by Mark Feld The degree of hairlines is usually the major determinant of the grade for Proof coins. And hairlines usually don't show up well, if at all in images. I would bet, just based on the odds and populations, that 1) the coin has obvious flaws (in the form of hairlines) and 2) grades nowhere near a 70. And that's even if it's a nice/quality example. Would be nice to see this coin in hand. I'm not saying it would grade 70, and oh boy, that would really be something! But, I am very interested as to what this may come back as __________________ From The Desk Of, -T$ (Kokapowan Tribe Leader) htpp://www.tmoneyeagles.webs.com   06-22-2009, 06:57 PM   #7 (permalink) vipergts2 Jester in hobby of kings     Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Iowa Posts: 5,306 My Mood: WOW!, that is one fine looking coin. __________________ _____________________________________________ corn cam ( Great Iowa passtime) "Life is to short for bad wine" Viper   06-22-2009, 06:59 PM   #8 (permalink) CamaroDMD Dental Student     Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 5,185 My Mood: Wow, beautiful Morgan. I don't have a lot of experience grading these proofs but it sure is clean looking...I can see a mid-60s grade. I'd love to hear what it comes back as. __________________ 1914-D Lincoln Cent: A Coin With a Story The Truth About "O" Mint Morgan Dollars   06-22-2009, 07:05 PM   #9 (permalink) rzage What Goes Around Comes A     Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Chicago Posts: 5,417 My Mood: Wow , that's three wows in a row , I'd say a 65 but hard to tell from a picture , are there many hairlines that don't show up , if there isn't you just might get that 66 , and a 65-66 Proof Morgan is a fine coin anyone would love to have . rzage __________________ Instant Karmas gonna Get you:John Lennon ANA member #R3146234   06-22-2009, 07:35 PM   #10 (permalink) Greyford Senior Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Houston, Tx Posts: 131 My Mood: Umm...... WOW!!!!   06-22-2009, 09:09 PM   #11 (permalink) mark_h Numismatist     Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 6,023 Okay - just to add to the list - wow. Very nice indeed. __________________ the other mark Best Baan Community Empty airtite seeks unwanted coins. All sizes welcome.   06-22-2009, 09:16 PM   #12 (permalink) johnny54321 aspiring numismatist     Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: North Edwards, CA Posts: 1,111 My Mood: what a beauty!!   06-22-2009, 09:18 PM   #13 (permalink) just coins Just coins dealer   Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: upstate NY Posts: 1,313 My Mood: I would give it a PF 66 there are spotted areas on the cheek and near the hairlines there seems to be a nick in the nose unless it;s your pic a couple of flaws. JC   06-22-2009, 09:39 PM   #14 (permalink) mralexanderb Coin Collector     Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Northern California Posts: 1,950 My Mood: I'll give it a WOW also. A beautiful coin, indeed. Bruce __________________ This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.   06-22-2009, 09:50 PM   #15 (permalink) Mark Feld Rare coin dealer     Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: San Diego Posts: 1,628 Quote: Originally Posted by just coins I would give it a PF 66 there are spotted areas on the cheek and near the hairlines there seems to be a nick in the nose unless it;s your pic a couple of flaws. JC There is absolutely no way to provide a meaningful grade opinion for that coin based on those images. We have no idea how heavily (or lightly) hairlined it is.   Page 1 of 4 1 2 3 4 > 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. 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