I'm no longer torn.
MS64. The reverse is MS65 quality but the obverse will usually determine the grade on Morgans and this obverse has a banged up cheek and a huge...
Based on the new photos, I am declaring Jason correct, and changing my opinion to MS64PL.
Reminds me of an old coin collecting maxim. Good coins are not cheap, and cheap coins are not good.
Key date or not, that dipped coin is not better looking that the coin in the OP. Why would you buy a coin with the worst strike you have ever...
He was being hyperbolic, so I responded in kind.
It seems apparent that the TPG believes that the coin is uncirculated and what you are discerning as wear, is actually weak strike. Since the...
Nobody in their right mind would hold that carbon spot against that coin. It isn't black, it isn't distracting, and there is no reason to believe...
I really like the philly coin, don't see that fiery red patina much, and the light mottled toning on the reverse is strangely alluring to me.
I'm in the MS64 just miss PL camp.
The surfaces look really nice as does the strike. Your pictures make the luster look off but I'm guessing it is okay. I think they graded it MS66.
I have admitted several times in this very thread that I believe the OP's coin was overgraded by NGC's standards, so yes, they make mistakes....
I know you are joking, but to even insinuate that I (or any other toning enthusiast) is Weimar White is a terrible insult. However, I do have a...
If you are going to be that hyperbolic about a small insignificant carbon spot, then you should also refuse to grade any toned coin. Technically...
The obverse cheek is just too baggy for me, I'm at MS63+ for this coin.
That isn't how the TPG's grade coins. Furthermore, I don't know what you are calling a corrosion spot on that coin.
Oh, c'mon, that might be the most entertaining and educational thread I've seen on this forum in over a year.
My grade assessment on these two coin is very similar to Jason's. 1909 VDB Lincoln Cent: The stain on the obverse is very distracting and I...
I'm also torn between MS63 & MS64 so I will say MS63+.
I have wanted the TPGs to give their grade with respect to each element of grading for years. They could easy provide the total grade on the...
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