1881 S DPL Morgan

is that scratching on the reverse? what a fair price range?

 

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Those lines are from die polishing. I think they’re cool. I can’t help with value, sorry.

 

The reverse is die polish lines. The coin looks pretty nice from the images.
I'd start with eBay and Heritage completed sales to get an idea of the price range (Heritage also has greysheet numbers).

 

Nice Morgan. RARELY and I mean RARELY do you find a Morgan that has an obverse
that looks better than the reverse. The cheek looks nice and clean, a true rarity at
this grade level.

 

Nice coin.

 

Very nice and a great example of Die polish lines.

 

CDN suggests $780. But check the auctions.

 

the current bid is at $475. i’m waiting to see where it’s going.

 

Beautiful coin.

 

Here some recent auction results:

 

Wow! That's a perty Morgan.
Where is the bid now? I am thinking that someone believes they can get that one into a 66 and or a +* slab.
@txguy

 

I made a mistake and bought a roll of "uncirculated Morgans on ebay that we rolled in very old Carson City Bank rolls. All the coins have "bag Marks" and none in this roll were CC dollars. Here's my 1881s. I have no idea on grading, don't think it would fair well if graded. Would like some opinions.

 

Okay, the first thing I thought of was the lines were from an attempt to clean the coin. You know, hairlines all going the same direction. So how are die polishing lines different?

 

Die polishing occurs at the Mint, cleaning does not.

 

Scratches would result in depressions into the material, whereas die polishing marks will result in raised lines on the surface as the material flows into the polishing lines during striking. Correct?

 

You’ll notice the lines in the fields, but disappearing at the devices. That’s one tell, also the lines are raised as mentioned above.

 

Yes

 

You have to be picky with the deep mirror PLs. I've seen some 65s and 64s that look like they have road rash. The one in the OP is outstanding. I absolutely love the cameo black and white appearance they can have. I personally stay away from the Morgans that are solid mirror across the entire coin with no cameo.

 

currently at $523 right now

 

Thanks for the confirmation and reality check..