Some help grading and error spotting my morgan dollars?

I've had these for a while, and wanted to know a general grade for them? Mabye there's an error in one!

 

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Try it yourself. It's fun and interesting.

 

A XF-40, AU-50, and MS-62~

 

none are uncs

 

... but a few may be "aunts"... ;-)

 

Just at a glance, I'd think you may have two at around 35-40 and the 1889 would be in the 20 range. Circulation evident on all three.

 

I may have to go adjust the proxies on my snipes set on a group of 1887s. I estimated lower than 30 for a number of these on ebay right now, and all of them would probably grade a little higher. Was hoping I might snag some of these in the teens or low twenties.

 

Is that $'s.

 

Is that $'s.

 

I was guessing numeric grade. I'm not familiar with all the Morgans, where they would typically trade $ wise and I'm not near my red book.

 

There are a lot of people on here better graders than I am. I was just making a point that the poster felt like he had high grades on all three coins and I'm not seeing it. Nice coins though, all three, just not close to the grades he/she was speculating. The 1887 might even go lower than 20, lots of wear on that eagle breast and feathers.

 

well, not nice enough to be euros

 

Yeah, morgans arn't my strong suit in grading. Lincoln cents and Mercury dimes though, I am somewhat decent with.

 

Like a spelling error?

Instead of looking only for errors, see if you've got a Top 100 VAM.

As part of the process, sooner or later you'll find errors -- like the broken "r" in "trust" on my 1879-S Rev of 78.






Not sure if it's a VAM-6 or VAM-46. Either way, it's a keeper, especially since I inherited it from my Grandmother, who got me started on coin collecting in the early 1960's.

 

Well, as it would happen, even with my sniper set, I was outbid on all six coins I had set up for the last-second bids. Some folks just got bigger bucks to spend, I guess.

 

People have different goals, some need to fill holes and are willing to pay a premium to get it done while others are bargain shopping. I'm of the opinion that its always a buyer's market though. If you get the coins at your price, you win and I have to believe more opportunities will come along.

Unless it was a key date or exceptional grade, my observation is that most Morgans go in the $30 - $40 range. Is that where they settled?

 

I got an absolutely gorgeous 1922-S Peace Dollar for $18, shipping included, the other day. Not so lucky on the $1894 Morgan that set me back $55 overnight. Beautiful coin, though, and easily lots hiqher quality than most other '94s that sold for just a few dollars less.

 

The 1883-O appears to be a toned AU.
The 1887 is a nicer AU
The 1889-O has VF sharpness, but it looks like there are chunks that have been scraped out on the reverse. That would make it a no grade because of the problems.

 

I hope that you know your Morgan Dollars or that you bought a certified piece. The 1894-P is a tough date that has a starting price of $525 in VG on the Greysheet. I'd be concerned about about buying a raw one on the Internet these days, given the large number of Chinese counterfeits that are around.