GTG: 1883-O Morgan Dollar

Just picked this up today. Guess the grade on her.

And yes @SuperDave I know the VAM on her, it's the main reason I pulled the trigger on her. I have it listed in a Guess The VAM thread.

 

Log in or Sign up to hide this ad.

High end 64 PL. Can I grade in the middle of the night? We'll see.

 

The strike is surprisingly good for a New Orleans Morgan. Luster looks average, eye appeal is aided by the patina. Unfortantely, the poor girl looks like she lost a knife fight. Not nearly as many marks on the reverse, but the obverse is going to bring this one down a bit. I want to say 63, but I think I'm going to say 64 since the pics are magnified so much. (I think if I were to split grade it, I'd call it 63+ obverse, 65 reverse).

It's always hard to judge PL from pictures, but I think this one has enough to make it. So, final answer, I'm going to guess 64PL.

 

I hereby recuse myself but she's a beauty J. I would've snapped it up in a hearbeat for the price

 

64 PL

 

When I first looked at this coin, I thought, not a PL...after reading your chapter on strike a couple of times, I guess I've got to go back and re-read...and study a look more coins.

 

64

 

64PL Nice!

 

Guessing pl from pictures is really difficult. The surface clearly has some reflectivity, but there is no way to really tell if it is enough for the pl.

 

A real beauty! My opinion is MS63, DMPL, light cameo.

 

65DPL

 

I'm gonna say MS-64PL. Very nice Morgam.

Actually it's not. Contrary to popular belief not all New Orleans minted Morgan's had bad strikes. Each year is different. 1883 is know for having a very wide range of strike quality. Very good strikes (like this coin) and available as well as weakly struck examples. A well struck 1883-O is not that hard to find with a little searching.

 

Yup. Not all O years should be treated the same. Many mistakenly think every year was mostly sub-par and a full strike is the unusual exception

 

64+ and it looks like it could be PL - would need to see in hand to make that call based on the depth of reflectivity in the fields.

 

How about strike opinions on this '83 O?

 

It is fairly typical, perhaps a little below average when it comes to the hair above the ear.

 

P.S. The OP's coin has a very nice strike, especially for an early 1880s New Orleans piece.

 

64PL

 

63 plus PL

 

Count my personal opinion as "on the 64PL(DMPL?) bandwagon." In a newer slab, I'd be unsurprised to see it as a 63 which would mean U Dun Gud™.

VAM-4 is found in DMPL, and I expect this one to have one or the other of the PL superlatives.