Is this an MS coin or is NGC that sloppy? (pic)

I will most definitely post anything I receive in reply from NGC. Basically, I've had pretty good luck with New Orleans mint Morgans, more like these:






As has been noted elsewhere in this thread, the struck details of the '02 are very nice, as are the fields - it's likely at least an MS65 coin had the strike been better. For the moment, it's the best '02O I own, so it stays.

 

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Nobody's post has yet mentioned worn dies--so all all yawl mentioned has been "weak strike"--how bout worn dies?

 

Well, what I have read is that the weak (thanks Roy...) strike is because of the pressure (and that means that the life of the die would be longer and that means less worn dies!--cause I think the pressure would cause the die to wear faster) of the die hitting the planchet...I'm sure that some coins have worn dies but I haven't read anywhere about that---The O mint was sloppy on the job...they didn't have good pressure on the dies and also a lot of bag marks on the coins...My dad sent in a NICE O mint Morgan dollar to ANACS and it came back MS62 but he sent in a NICE S mint Morgan at the same time and it came back MS65...now I went through a whole roll of the date of the O Morgans and the one he sent in had the best strike and less bag marks and more luster than any others in the roll.

So I have a question now...how would you tell a "weakly" struck coin and a "worn" die?

Speedy

 

< So I have a question now...how would you tell a "weakly" struck coin and a "worn" die? >

Heavy flowlining around the periphial edges of the die, some loss of detail in the outer areas of the design. (The central areas of the die fill last and receive the least wear from the movement of the metal so they stay sharp the longest. If you have die wear in the center the edges will look horrible.)

 

GOOD READ, thx

 

Conder101
Thanks for the info!

Speedy