GTG: 1884 CC Morgan

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MS64star or MS65 ngc graded

 

MS 64. Close to a 65, but some bad nicks on the reverse to the left of the eagle. It is also a bit cheeky. Let me go the mile, and say 64+ Nice clean coin for the most part--attractive, and a usual cc good strong strike. Very close to MS 65.

 

I'll go MS65. Beauty of a coin.

 

64 due to the contact marks. Brilliant luster.

 

64

 

I'm happy with it at 64.

 

I'm on the fence, so I'll say ms65
Supposedly these CC Morgan's get a half point bump up. Let's see if that theory holds true

 

I really don't understand grading at all. Coins I think will grade high don't and vice versa. It feels like a roullette wheel sometimes.

 

Wow, I didn't see that one coming. The contact marks are obviously very minor and scattered but idk about this one.
I will say this: It appears to be a very lustrous coin !!!!

 

Really? I'd have to see in hand I was calling it a 63

 

I had it as a 64, so I'm way off too. I'm with Bill, I'd want to see it in hand. Even from the second picture you posted, there looks to be way too many contact marks for a 66.

 

For some reason my pictures are really unforgiving but then again so are the graders. But yeah, this one doesn't look like it should be a 66 no matter what angle I take the photos from. How many points go to luster? Here's one more

 

I said it was a good looking coin at MS 64+ At MS 66, it is not a good looking coin, as the surface preservation to me is not commensurate with being a 66. If I were buying it, I would buy it as a 64+ or 65, but certainly not as a 66, given the number and obvious presence of bag marks. I think NGC got this one wrong, frankly. Not saying that it isn't an attractive coin, but its attractiveness is not equal to a 66 grade IMHO.

 

Yeah it's beautiful but not 66 beautiful..... not what I was expecting

 

I agree it is really nice - a 65 in my opinion. Then again the local shop has a few 66's I would not be interested in at 66 prices.

 

For a 65 in a CC Morgan, I really like to see cleaner cheeks. If it is a 65 (entirely possible), it is low in grade. I would say 64+ more likely, due to the cheek area--the old story of a prominent hit in an obvious place lowering the grade, even if it is an attractive coin, which this one definitely is.

 

Sean, I think you just reached the first plateau. Needless to say, you don't want to take that one out of that slab.

 

Wow. 66? No.

 

This is my 1882cc MS 65 GSA, certified by NGC, with the ribbon. No way do I see some of these other coins as 66. Mine has some minor chatter in the fields, but no major distractions in the facial area. This one graded a 65, NOT 66, and I agree with that: