1879-S Morgan need to be graded?rev of 78??

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  1. jello

    jello Not Expert★NormL®

    I just pick this 79-S Morgan. would you grade please?if there is an area there maybe a vam tell me and I will post that area. or could this be a rev of the 1878?
     

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  3. borgovan

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    Looks like a gem MS-65 from here
     
    borgovan, Nov 13, 2008
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  4. mark_h

    mark_h Somewhere over the rainbow

    A sweet MS65 in my opinion. Not sure about if there is VAM or not - you might want to check VAM world.
     
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  5. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    It's a 3rd reverse. My grade, AU58. Looks like there is light wear on the reverse.
     
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  6. jazzcoins

    jazzcoins New Member

    I will grade that one a MS64 the reverse fields seem to be minimal marks. the obveres some blemishes on the cheek area and face a couple of bag marks ,but nothing to take away the eye appeal over all a nice ms64.
    jazzcoins joe:whistle:
     
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  7. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member

    MY GOD. That is an AU58

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    Its the NICEST AU58 I've ever witnessed. I love that coin!

    Ruben
     
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  8. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member

    LOOK AT THAT BIRD! That is Thanks Giving Dinner!
     
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  9. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Remember what I said about color Ruben, look at the eagle's head and neck.
     
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  10. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member



    There might be some slight broad struck blemish on the cheeck but I'd have to see it again to know. Meanwhile, this Morgan is everything you ever collect Morgans for. It is bold and delicate and bright and the mint mark is beautiful and clear. She has clean lines everywhere and that buzzard is ready to burst off the backside. I love this coin and seeing it made my week!

    Ruben
     
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  11. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member

    ehhh

    (struggling with this and working on it)

    I see one feather that looks maybe darker than the rest of the coin. Frankly, I thought it was shadowing. Where I usually target with this large coin is the wing tips. They seem to wear fast ...

    I still love this coin and if I can get it for AU money - I'm thrilled to death because this coin defies, in my opinion, standard grading and is much better than any of the MS 61,62 or even 63s I've seen.

    Sometimes there are positive attributes, not just negative ones.

    Ruben
     
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  12. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Ruben the '79-S is known for being extremely well struck and it is commony found in mid MS grades. 64's and 65's are very reasonable. 63's sell for not much more than melt.

    Now to the picture, I have arrows pointing to the highest feathers, they are the dark ones. There are others as well. And the high points of the feathers would not be in shadow.

    Use this pic to identify the feathers I mean, but look at the pic of the entire reverse to most easily see the color differences.
     

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  13. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member

    That lower one was the one I picked up on. I used the magnifying glass like you taught me.

    If these 79-S are always so bright, I want a lot of them.

    Ruben
     
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  14. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    '79-S, '80-S, '81-S are all pretty much the same.
     
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  15. mrbrklyn

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  16. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Yes, but a subtle difference. Those are frost breaks. They show up as black sometimes in pics if taken from a certain angle.
     
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  17. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member

    :)

    You know the next question, right...

    Ruben
     
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  18. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Experience ;) Look at lots and lots of coins.
     
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  19. rzage

    rzage What Goes Around Comes Around .

    The picture starts out nice and big then when it's finished loading gets too small to look at the high spots , still a nice looking coin , did you buy that at Berks in Chicago .
    rzage
     
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  20. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Change the settings on your browser. Sound like you have it set to auto-fit now.
     
    GDJMSP, Nov 13, 2008
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  21. mrbrklyn

    mrbrklyn New Member

    No - I got that one locally and probably overpaid for it from a very old man who owns a coin shop on Avenue U and 17th street in Brooklyn.

    He's kind of blind now. Years ago, he had a shop next to my Grandfathers beauty palor at the Junction in Brooklyn. I brought a Mercury Dime from him in the late or mid 70's when I was 13 or even 12. Then disappeared on me and reappeared a few years ago. I was in shock.

    Ruben
     
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