Morgan Dollar Pros, grading, authenticating, value help!!

The 1884 O might be a MS63
And the 1886 might be a MS61

The 1892 S, being polished might get an AU details grade, might be AU55, because I can make out wear in the hair. I'd say the heavy polishing and cleaning takes away a good chunk of its value, but you never what collector would be willing to buy

 

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I agree with T$, the 1884 O has a few hits but it might make 63. The 86 has a lot more chatter then the other pics show, so I would put it around a 61. For the 92 S I would say low AU details.

 

That 1892-S looks like it was cleaned with a Brillo pad. It's a candidate for a body bag or "Genuine" slab.

 

The 1892-S has been badly cleaned/polished and should not be given a net grade of AU. I would think it would net out at EF in an absolute best case scenario.And in its condition we;re not talking about a coin with a great deal of value here.

 

Thanks everyone! I definitely agree one the condition of the 1892s, really don't think there is much value there. I gave the coins back this evening along with the not so good news. Apparently these 25 coins plus some other small change was her slice of an inheritance which was supposed to be valued at $4000... yikes!
I gave her some best/worst case scenarios for value - figured realistic price she could get for the whole lot piece by piece was between $1-$2K, and that after inspection a dealer may give her as little as ~$800, given the fake is spotted etc. Of course until they are professionally graded who knows, but IMHO only 3-4 would be worth sending in out of the whole lot.
Thanks again for all of your help - i'll let you know if I hear anything else about what she ends up doing with the coins, or if I get any of them
J

 

He didn't say anything about a net grade of AU. He said AU details which is 100% correct IMO.

 

As the man said, I wasn't giving it a net grade of AU, just saying it had low AU details IMO. As for the net grade lol I don't even try to guess those, because I really don't know all the specifics that go into net grading.

 

I know that I am a little late in chiming in but I just came across the Thread and didn't see it earlier!

I believe the 1884-O will technically grade at MS-64, the 1886-O will probably go MS-62 and if graded, they may get a bump because they were minted in New Orleans. The 1892-S will only technically grade an EF-45 but due to the cleaning and what looks like some light polishing, will only bring VF-25 money. Of course, my opinions are based on the pics which were way too bright which can hide both bad and good details.


Frank

 

Sorry for misreading the post.