Help me learn to properly grade coins.

Agreed but I am glad you posted that one because it is quite hard.

I figured luster was really important with grading. How about AU-55? *Fingers Crossed*
If I am wrong that was my third guess so please for the love of god tell me as I am curious now

 

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Original luster is important in grading.

 

While this is true, I am trying to do this for myself. So no other posters would be trying to grade they would just be posting pictures for me to grade

 

It's actually a lot easier to learn how to, and to actually, grade coins that are in hand with the use of a 10x + loupe as you can much more in hand than from a photo, especially if the photos are not good quality pics.

 

MS64 no FBL designation. Very, very subdued luster, bit it still cartwheels... albeit poorly.

Interesting coin, I got it for 25 bucks, so it was a "deal" by ebay standards. You still have one more guess on the Morgan.

 

It then has to be MS-64

 

Wow Merc I would have never known at least from the photo. Being able to see the cartwheel does in fact really help. I hope I am right with the morgan!

 

It's a 63. The S-mint Morgans from '79-'82 (IIRC) are really common in higher grades and are graded much harsher by the TPG's.

Won it for $48 on Ebay. You CAN get nice stuff off ebay.

 

I was leaning toward the 64 i originally said, but 63 is good with the PL on the label too.

 

This one is really hard (especially because of the Picture size)
AU-58

 

Some of the cleanest fields I've seen on a 63 in a new blue PCGS holder.

By the way, I should add the Franklin is in a PCGS OGH.

 

So uncannily close it hurts. But way off on the franklin!

 

This is a bit of a tougher Morgan to grade...




Photo kinda sucks, but that's part of grading with pics, eh?

 

I agree. When I first looked at those pics I thought you might have set the light in just the right position to make it look more than it is, then I opened them and enlarged them and saw the clean fields, not a lot of chatter on the relief.

Nice buy.

 

Can you explain the Franklin and define TPG (Sorry for the N00b Questions)

 

Thank you, sir.

For the record, the seller just scanned it and it came out like crap. 7 day return policy, so I rolled the dice.

 

TPG Third Party Grader, PCGS, NGC, ANACS, ICG.

 

I think you rolled pretty good.

 

The Franklin, while lacking major luster, is technically a very clean coin, and with good luster, would probably hit MS66. It's knocked back a bit, imho, by the luster.

TPG = Third party grader.

OGH = Old Green Holder... PCGS slabs with green inserts... they traditionally were a bit tougher on coins back then, but you can still find overgraded coins in those slabs.

 

Thanks I'll show the slab