I could use some help grading some raw Morgans I picked up, two 1885O and 1 1878 8TF. I tried to take pictures that captured the colors of the 1885O. The 1878 has some sort of white "toning" to it, perhaps the result of a cleaning? I would appreciate some help here too. I will post the first 1885O on this post, the 1878 on the next one, and the last 1885O in the third post. The 1885's look much better (fewer marks, etc) than my current slabbed Morgan graded MS63. I thank those who respond in advance for helping my education along. (The coins are on top of the filps)
some morgan dollars do have the sandblast white color to them, and thats not bad at all unless they are sandblast white with a lot of scratches going in the same way (circular or straight scratches)... but they all look uncleaned from what I see from the pics... and the 1885-O looks to be MS-62 or MS-63 possiby and thats a pretty good strike considering its a New Orleans strike (New Orleans is notorius for having weakly struck Morgans)... The last coin looks to be AU-55, possibly AU-50... from the pics of the 1878 8tf I'm not too sure unless you can get a better pic of the obverse, it's a little blurry... Good Morgans tho on the pick-up
Those photos just aren't good enough for my poor eyes, but you might want to remove the coins from those flips. They look like the soft variety, and some of those contain PVC. It's better to be safe than sorry. You can get PVC-free SAFLIPS at most online stores such as JP's Corner. http://www.jpscorner.com/Coin_Flips.htm Chris
