So, today after work I went by a very local coin trade spot. Generally, very, very few people even know it exist. You can see guys bring in 4,000-6,000 dollars worth of various coins. I bought two Silver Morgan's. A 1878, 7 feather (3rd reverse I think) and a 1900 Morgan, 7 feather. I'l provide pictures, of both of them. My good friend at work, was wondering what price his coin might fetch. It's a 1881, it has an absolutely perfect tone in person. It's almost got a pinkish type of hue when moving it in the light on the tail side. It truly is a beautiful piece, but anyways he was wondering what price it might fetch if sold and if it might be worth having it graded. I took the picture in his hand, but the picture just doesn't do it just justice. Any help is greatly appreciated!
The photos are not the best, but in my opinion, it would not be worth grading. I'm not going to speculate on what price it might bring at auction, but your friend should not have high hopes for it. Chris
As a Steel inspector for Toyota, I inspect the integrity of all Camrys made. He was asking, why does it have a pink hue. Well, as anyone who knows metal. Silver doesn't turn pink, at it's oxidation level raises it turns dull grey and blackish, not pink. But copper does turn pink at it's lowest oxidation level. Out of the 656,900,590 Morgan dollars that were produced from 1878 through 1921, I've heard that there are probably in the ballpark of about 10,000 (God only knows if that's true or not though) that have a very, very, very slightly higher composition of copper in it and with the copper nearer the outside of the coin. That's why some Morgan's get a Pink hue and other's never will in it's lifetime. But some people love illustrious looking coins, some love toned. In my humble opinion, from what I have personally seen there are a lot more people that love illustrious looking coins vs highly toned. What I mean by illustrious, isn't unnaturally polished coins either. Just ones with little wear and in really good condition. Only really serious collectors, who do know there stuff like the highly toned coins. Ones who know the difference between the "doctored" and naturally toned coins. Anyways, I greatly appreciate everyone's opinion on it.
