1878-CC Morgan -

I bought this off E-Bay. It appears to be a fine coin (You grade it), but the color seems off to me. It appears to be gray as in cast, but I think silver has a tendancy to darken with time. Anyway, can you see the color in the pictures ? Does it look Ok to you ? If it means anything, it is a coin originally bought from RedHook in 2000.

Dave

 

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A lot of Morgan dollars that have been in circulation have a tendency to turn gray.

Chris

 

Seems OK to me Dave. Who's 'Redhook'?

 

I think she's fine .

 

Could be a pirate for all I know Ken, hope not cause I don't want my wife to make me walk the plank. As much as I have found out, RedHook is just a coin store sellers name.

 

Well, as long as you didn't pay a whole bunch 'o jing ya ain't gonna be walkin' the plank brother.......

 

Looks fine to me also,they DO turn grey from handling over the years,I have a few that are.....

 

It looks good to me. Probably XF with a little bit of luster left in the protected areas.

 

I just scanned the pictures with my color analyzer wand I invented so I won't get taken advantage of anymore by unscrupulous coin doctors because sometimes you just can't tell when you look at pictures. The results are there's a 96% chance the toning is NT, a 2% chance it's QT, and a 2% chance it's AT, so I think you did OK.

 

Would probably grade XF40.

 

Looks like the seller's pics have a white balance problem. I'm guessing it's to show the coin a little better, which means the coin is probably pretty dark. If the coloring is even, I would be happy with it.

Let us know your thoughts when you get it in hand.

 

Coin in hand. The coloring is uniform on Obv & Rev. These are my pictures, as you can tell I'm not too good at taking coin photos. I'm still trying to figure out the best settings for a Nikon 3100.

Dave

 

As Chris said a lot of Silver dollars do turn grey. I have found over the years that circulated CC dollars especially turn a darker battle ship grey. I have been told that because at Carson City mint the ore was refined there ,plus it came from the Comstock mine source , that is the cause of the duller grey color.
As I have never researched this, however I do know that the ore from Comstock was always said to be some of 5 he finest silver known.

 

Very enlightning Paddy, better silver, better value Huh ?

 

The CC looks strange.

Close up?

 

Paddy never met a fact that he couldn't make up.

He learned this from Walter Breen

 

Frank you look strange from any distance .

 

Frank keep it up and you'll be joining Walter Brennan!

 

the death squad is out hunting for you

 

and you'll join Walter Breen.