GSA Morgan Planchet Striations?

Hey guys,

Thought you might like a look at a common date Morgan in a top TPGS slab. Do any of you still believe these marks indicate cleaning? It is graded MS-66. Really awesome coin with a story to tell about its manufacture.

 

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Nah, that's plainly planchet striations. You can even see where the hair is flattening from an incomplete strike (I don't like to think of them as "soft" strikes; they're just as 150 tons-hard as the next, just set shallower). Carson City coin? I suspect those two little dots in the mouth are pickups for a VAM.

 

78-S

 

I couldn't tell anything from that picture--the resolution is awful.

 

Ah. They're pretty common with striations, too; I think San Francisco felt their way through learning Morgan production carefully, and their diligence was rewarded with the fabulous strikes they produced in the following years.

Gonna have to wait for an attribution. I ain't going thru 100+ 1878-S VAMs to try to find two little die chips.

 

I'm not being funny here. I don't claim to be a photographer BUT if you cannot see the white lines on the face of that coin....

Such a perfectionist Morgandude11...Now I'm trying to be funny.

 

Of course I could see the lines on the cheek, even without my glasses. lol However, the quality of the photo doesn't make evaluation of the surfaces of the devices and fields particularly easy.

 

I really was worried about you. You are one of the most informed posters here!

I have talked with a certain TPG Finalizer and he recommends every older collector have their eyes checked on a regular basis

 

I am not that old. LOL. Just admit it, a lousy photo.

 

I'm 34 and just had Lasik surgery. I didn't need it per se, I just wanted an edge on cherrypicking vams at big shows

 

Yep. Lousy photo. Needs more light.

 

And higher resolution. What did you use to take the picture?

 

cannon powershot on scope 7x fluorescent light (Best for coin authentication); very poor for micrographs! That coin gone but I'll take one with incandescent light later when I see a good one.

 

Got this one back, was really hoping for 62+/63 but I guess the coin speaks for itself.