GTG - 1898-O Morgan $1

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!

 

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Really nice coin with original surfaces.
Everyone bit of a MS64....with a Small Shot on MS65.

 

64

 

64+

 

I am at a solid 64. Looks like a nice, attractive coin.

 

MS-64

 

A solid MS 64 with a reasonable shot at 65.

 

64.

 

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.

 

I'll go with an EW MS65...

 

I have seen the grade on this one gonna have to recuse myself.

 

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.

 

Nice.

 

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

 

The closest I can get is using my wife's (not my secretary's) tablet...

 

A 65 and a CAC with those marks in the obverse field? Wow, I'm really surprised.

 

And a babies hand holding an apple

 

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.)

 

I think She's graded just right.