Hi Everyone, Just wanted to get your thoughts on these coins. I picked the 1878 up a couple of months ago at the Bay State Coin Show. I know it has several heavy hits on the rim and some pretty heavy bag marks. Here is the 1881-O
Your pictures are not showing any luster - the surfaces on the 81-O look flat, almost pitted. It could be the picture. Everything looks okay on the first picture - at least in my opinion. Cool coins!
The surfaces on the 81-O look somewhat porous which leads me to think it is either harshly cleaned or poorly whizzed.
no question in regard to the 81-o being cleaned. the surfaces and color tell the tale completely. still morgan dollars tho...thanks for sharing.
I would say that the first coin is a low AU that has been cleaned and has the marks that were mentioned. The 1881-O looks like an AU-55/58 coin that was severely overdipped to make it look smooth. That is why the surfaces look smooth and evenly colored at first glance, but have many marks upon examination.
