I had a lot of fun photographing this one and tried several different lightings as this coin is a bit of a chameleon. Guess the grade!
I'll go with 65 on this one...no heavy dings, light scuffs only...nice luster...clean rev...pretty coin!
I'm more of a circulated type of guy but have been on an MS Morgan kick lately- this one is semi-PL and I'm at a loss how you guys capture it. The mirror areas reflect the lens and make those areas look dark... I have to tilt it to show a better presentation but it kills being able to crop it nicely. Oh well, I suppose that is what separates the pros from the hacks. EDIT: lol. Whoops.
Well I guess the cat is out of the bag... forgot to crop out the whole code. As usual the photos where I'm not trying look better.
It only qualifies if you meet at least 3 of the following criteria: -guess the grade from the latest and greatest mobile device on the market -are at least 4,000 ft. above sea level -are flying over a geographic location where coconuts grow naturally -are riding in a car that costs at least $300k USD -are surrounded by at least 7.5 beautiful women -are grading from a world-class grading office with no bathrooms
I can see that...sometimes I do all right with photos but I couldn’t do this one justice hence the multiple sets above. In hand, compared to the last GTG coin I did (MS64 81-S in the oldish NGC holder) there is no question this one is a grade higher IMO (strike aside). I viewed over a hundred Morgans in 65/66 in person and this had superior eye appeal to them all... it has a frosty devices, semi-PL thing going on that is really cool and looks great in-hand. I have to think it CAC’d based on eye appeal as I’m in agreement those marks would usually hold it back from the bean. And admittedly, I argued as much when negotiating. (To no avail...oh well. It’s a sweet coin.)