Numismedia.com has prices in AU grades starting at $1440 and topping off at $12,050. Any chance you can photograph it rather than scans?
These are ebay images. Are you selling it or looking to buy it? Welcome to the forum! EDIT: A coin of this caliber at auction must be certified authentic and graded to realize anywhere near book prices. I take it that it isn't, or you would have asked how much a 92s in XXGrade is worth.... Don't buy it if that's the case. Most likely a forgery. If you do, I got a bridge for sale.....
Found the listing: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1892-S-MORG...71?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item48520c0d57 I would pass on it. That TPG is not very reputable, and more likely that coin is below AU.
thats a lot of negatives. theres 77 negatives for selling fakes, undisclosed cleaned coins, and overgraded coins. i would pass. If the coin is real, i would say its a cleaned xf example.
I've seen that seller's eBay name before, and it wasn't on a positive note. Like BU said, NNC is nothing but BS and I would pass. Chris
Love the NNC site. ointnlaugh: Number five on their frequently asked questions: "5.I have purchased an NNC graded coin from a dealer and I am unhappy with my purchase, what should I do? Coins are submitted to us for grading, we do not sell them. Therefore, when purchasing a coin in any services holder remember that you are buying the coin, not the holder and only deal with sellers that have a return policy because of the subjectivity involved." That's a deal breaker for me. Why would a grading company be frequently asked about coins they have graded by 'unhappy' buyers??? Hmmmmm.... No mention of a name of a grader, or qualifications, experience? Downright waste of money and time if you ask me.
This is the usual--a very expensive coin is posted that is raw, or basement slabbed, with marginal pictures. There are two possibilities with this coin--a) it is genuine, and just a picture of someone else's coin for sale. b) it is a good fake, and worth $20. I tend to go with alternative "B" as most of the 1892s coins in higher grades have been slabbed years ago--Morgans have that kind of audience pull, and even newbie collectors know what they have. I doubt seriously that a $2000+ coin is just sitting there, waiting for someone to crack it from a basement slabber. The coin is cleaned, and NOT AU if it is genuine. My guess would be that it is a high quality fake. Best possible grade would be XF details--cleaned. Worst possible grade---fake! My advice on valuable Morgans--avoid marginal sales like the plague. If one wants a good date like that, get it from a RELIABLE dealer, in PCGS or NGC plastic for authenticity's sake.
The seller is a self-slabbing fraud. I can't even begin to imagine how many people this guy has ripped off, but yet he keeps on churning out over graded, cleaned and counterfeit coins. Don't ever purchase from him.
The coin is genuine. This seller is known for buying detail/gennied coins, cracking, and re-holdering with rather optimistic grades. There is a reasonably good chance that if someone were to search somewhat recent auction listings (Heritage, TeleTrade, etc and even ebay) they might be able to find the coin in a legitimate albeit problem holder.
[h=2]10.Does NNC grade problem coins?[/h] Per our Terms and Conditions for those submitting coins to be graded: LIMITATIONS ON GRADING SERVICES. NNC will not issue a grade for any coins of questionable authenticity. Problem coins will be graded if the problem is not too severe and the problem can be easily described, i.e. “MS-63 cleaned”, “MS-62 scratch obverse (or reverse)” etc. For multiple problem coins, only the most obvious problem will be identified on the labeling of the coin. The customer understands that in such an event NNC will not refund any fee paid for the grading service. We will not, however, grade a coin which has been “whizzed” or “scratched and repaired”, those coins will be returned ungraded and unslabbed to the customer and the grading fee, minus return shipping and insurance fees, for a coin so identified will be refunded.
This is a joke! If you've looked at enough coins slabbed by NNC, you will quickly realize that you must take #10 with "not a grain of salt" but the whole salt mine. Chris
Not being well educated on fakes, replicas, copies, etc - I looked at the picture yesterday and immediately thought something wasn't right about it, but I didn't want to reply simply because of my lack of knowledge... It just don't look right man!
