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Page 1 of 2 1 2 >   LinkBack Thread Tools Rate Thread Display Modes 11-02-2009, 01:34 PM   #1 (permalink) rh287 Junior Member   Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 35 Rare 1884 S Morgan Dollar MS Value? Hi, I won this 1884 S Morgan on auction. Seller states it is MS and has full breast featers when I asked. Even looks proof like to me. Any Morgan people here can give me a rough estimate of grade? I paid $260.00 for the coin. Thanks... Attached Thumbnails       11-02-2009, 01:44 PM   #2 (permalink) rh287 Junior Member   Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 35 Very Rare MS 1884 S Morgan Value? Hi, I won this 1884 S Morgan on auction. Seller states it is MS and has full breast featers when I asked. Even looks proof like to me. Any Morgan experts here can give me a rough estimate of grade? I paid $260.00 for the coin. Thanks! Attached Thumbnails       11-02-2009, 02:00 PM   #3 (permalink) jaceravone Member     Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: United States of America Posts: 3,386 My Mood: It does not look MS to me. If I had to say, it look more like XF to me...maybe low AU. __________________ "These are the times that try men's' souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph." Thomas Paine, Intro to the The Crisis, December 19, 1776   11-02-2009, 02:04 PM   #4 (permalink) fireguy83 Member   Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: georgia Posts: 43 My Mood: same here   11-02-2009, 02:20 PM   #5 (permalink) Lugia Junior Member   Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: wisconsin Posts: 40 some nice toning to it anyway.   11-02-2009, 02:20 PM   #6 (permalink) 900fine doggone it people like me     Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 3,807 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by rh287 I paid $260.00 for the coin. I tend to agree with the other guys - XF details, surface "issues", net VF. This one is certainly not mint state, and no one would expect MS for that kind of money. Recent auction records suggest $260 gets a certified AU50-53 ... somewhere in there. MS 1884-S Morgans are very pricey.   11-02-2009, 02:29 PM   #7 (permalink) desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor     Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,497 My Mood: I think AU-55 myself, and I can't tell if it has good tone or not from the photos as it has a green tinge on my monitor. Jim   11-03-2009, 12:22 AM   #8 (permalink) fretboard Defender of Old Coinage     Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Northern California Posts: 809 My Mood: Blog Entries: 2 Quote: Originally Posted by desertgem I think AU-55 myself, and I can't tell if it has good tone or not from the photos as it has a green tinge on my monitor. Jim Green tinge on my monitor as well. Is it toning or PVC damage? Green or brown? If it's green in person return it. If you want your money back return it. If you've learned a lesson, return it. If you love the coin, then keep it. The dollar does not look MS anything to anyone, better luck next time.   11-02-2009, 02:32 PM   #9 (permalink) 9roswell Senior Member     Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: southeastern,ct Posts: 547 My Mood: look at the breast on this AU53. i wouldn't advise spending that kind of money without knowing what you are buying. don't just take the sellers word for grade. http://cgi.ebay.com/1884-S-Morgan-Do...item56365e7b3c Last edited by 9roswell; 11-02-2009 at 02:43 PM.   11-02-2009, 02:58 PM   #10 (permalink) rh287 Junior Member   Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 35 Well the seller has a 100% feed back and gives 7 day return policy. Told me pictures just don't show feather details...Seller actually tried to use cancel transaction option...   11-02-2009, 03:05 PM   #11 (permalink) LostDutchman exsisto magister     Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 1,171 My Mood: Blog Entries: 1 I agree with the others... I would call it AU details and from the pictures the surfaces definitely need a better look... not really much to go on with those pictures tho... so tentatively AU details cleaned and retoning... but definitely not MS. __________________ Matt Dinger Lost Dutchman Rare Coins   11-02-2009, 11:49 PM   #12 (permalink) Morgan1878 For A Few Dollars More..     Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Once Upon A Time in the West Posts: 391 My Mood: Quote: Originally Posted by rh287 Well the seller has a 100% feed back and gives 7 day return policy. Told me pictures just don't show feather details...Seller actually tried to use cancel transaction option... Pictures don't show feather details because there aren't any... I think EF is a stretch...I'd go with highest grade of VF. Obverse better than reverse.. __________________ Learn how to handle hot things. Keep your knives sharp. And above all, have a good time-Julia Child   11-02-2009, 03:13 PM   #13 (permalink) desertgem Senior Errer Collecktor     Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 2,497 My Mood: RH287, don't dispair, I have a couple of 1884S in the bank that came back AU58. There are many sliders AU/MS for this date, and 90% plus of them are AU, IMO. There is a good reason why the 1884S is so much higher in MS than as an AU. Jim   11-02-2009, 03:15 PM   #14 (permalink) 9roswell Senior Member     Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: southeastern,ct Posts: 547 My Mood: is this your first e-bay purchase?   11-02-2009, 04:09 PM   #15 (permalink) rh287 Junior Member   Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 35 OK, Thanks guys..I may just send it back for refund....   Page 1 of 2 1 2 > 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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