If real, it has had its original surfaces stripped. It could be fake, it has a porous look to it and the rev. is weak. I would not buy it....
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a nice little work of art using some kind of tool.
Nice DDO!
That's a great example!
Beautiful example, I really prefer the look of circulated Morgans to most of the Uncs. congratulations on completing the set, that is impressive!
and this is why I don't collect Morgans. I have zippo ability to grade them (at least from photos).
Thanks for the explanation. In the photos the field nick stood out like a sore thumb to me. In hand, much different.
Yes it is very hard to judge luster from static photos. I guessed 53 as I thought there was enough loss in the fields to justify that. I think in...
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Most of what I see looks like classic die polish. There are some hairlines on the face.
MS63? (marks on cheek). Maybe you can change your lighting (or add a light) to we can see the cheek better?
I'll guess MS64, due to the scrape in the L obv field. otherwise very nice looking.
AU 53?
nice little coin. I was at XF40 before I saw the grade.
looks like it should be vf30 to me
Nice looking coin and I think AU53-55 is right. It's certainly been dipped which gives it a look that I don't care much for on circulated gold...
63 PL?
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