Onwards to coin three. It used to be NGC and is now in a PCGS holder. Please guess the grade from each grading company. Note: both the NGC photo and the TrueView is posted below.
I've seen a similar color scheme on a few Morgans. I've also had it where I see a coin and think it looks similar to one I've had/seen before (it even happened at the ANA show last week where I bought a nicely toned Morgan and then saw it's twin two days later-I passed on the twin since the dealer wanted 3x what I paid for mine).
I see a lot of this green with red highlights especially on 84-5-o mint Morgan’s. I seldom see on the 79-81-s or later dates. I don’t know if it was the bags used at the New Orleans mint those years or the alloy process there
You are right that this type of color shows up more on those common date New Orleans coins as opposed to the earlier San Francisco. I think it might be either the bags or the alloy.
This was a win. The coin started as an NGC MS 61 (no star) and upgraded to PCGS MS 63. A two point bump! I think the 61 might have been a bit low. The star should have been given but NGC can be inconsistent (it certainly deserved it more than some of those barely toned minor crescent toners). This coin was actually slabbed together with the coin from the prior thread (GTG 2 of 5). I'm not the biggest fan of these dual holders for most coins, so I did my part in removing it from the market (now the rest are rarer ).
