GTG: 1881cc Morgan Dollar

MS65

 

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Calling all guessers. Reveal tonight.

 

I think she makes 65 I would love to own one like it

 

No great shock. It did grade 65. The nick on the upper left side of the obverse is nowhere as big as as it is pictured. Without the nick, the coin is easily a 66 or even possibly a 67. It is nice, just the way it is. Pictures do exaggerate marks on Morgan Dollars. Given that it is in a fatty, the grading was more conservative back then.

 

I'm surprised but not surprised how it was graded correctly given how long ago it was.

 

In the grade but I felt it was PL. I still do as those surfaces look very reflective.

 

Thanks for the explanation. In the photos the field nick stood out like a sore thumb to me. In hand, much different.

 

That mark in the field definitely keeps it from gem, I surely wouldn't accept it on one of my coins.

 

As I said, it looks much nicer in hand. Shine light right into the face of 99% of Morgans, and you get contact marks. You dwell on individual bagmarks too much. Even super gem Morgans have them.

 

I think this is the battle between those who collect and love a specific series and those who don't.

These marks are expected on Morgan's and those of us who love and collect them understand what a gem coin is and what it's not. Those with just a passing interest in the series just don't understand the expectations of it.

The same can be true of early coppers, seated coinage, Lincolns, or any other series...each have their own unique characteristics that devoted collectors understand and collectors with a passing interest don't.