1887 7/6 Morgan Silver Dollar

MorganLady
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i'm thinking vam 5 look at the notch on bottem part of top of the seven. very nice MS coin though

 

I’ve just returned from the “Long Beach Coin Show”, held Sept. 26-29. I had the attributions rep. from the NGC look at the coin, he said that although it had to be certified to make sure, it was a VAM 2 7/6 in MS-64.

I had three other coins I wanted graded by the PCGS on site, so I returned the next day at 11:30 AM – I was ½ an hour too late for same-day service. I gave the coin to the Director of Attributions for ANACS, who with his 10X lens gave it an ultra-quick glance (as he did with all the coins I wanted to submit for certification). Apparently, ANACS does not do out of house grading, so he had to take the coins I submitted. His opinion was that it was not an error coin, but at least in MS-63 condition. Unfortunately, the NGC people were leaving, and the PCGS was swamped with cross and regrades.

I must say, my renewed interest in numismatics is taking a beating – where does any merit of consistency exist? Perhaps, when I get the coin back, I’ll have a better idea.

A.J.

 

GDJMSP – I shouldn’t have written it that way, and was already thinking of editing it. Yes, I wasn’t referring to the comments on this forum; but rather, the difference between the two coin-grading service reps. (one indicated it was a 7/6 and the other was sure it wasn’t). It seemed they judged the coin (1887 Dollar) too quickly for my liking, but they’re the experts.

Also, all these last minute submissions to the PCGS that were either cross-grades or regrades from before the show or otherwise kind of made me wonder. The main reason I submitted the 1887 Silver Dollar to the ANACS Attributions Director contrary to his belief that it was not an error coin, was partly due to all the responses I received on the forum regarding this topic – for which I am grateful.

I’m relatively new to `certification and any advice would be appreciated. By the way, it was my first coin show – what a monstrous affair – and I’ll probably be attending another.

Thanks, A.J.

 

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as soon as I get a new cam I will let all see a PCGS MS-66 1899-P Morgan real beauty and scarce I got couple months ago

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Wow GDJMSP, I’m sure glad you responded as it was pretty disheartening (there were a couple of really important coins that left me a bit stunned). At any rate I feel much better after reading your response. All the while it was happening I kept thinking of this forum, where I remembered reading about each grading service and their different standards. That remark about the “guy on the floor” sure makes a lot of sense – it was the hurried discouraging manner, I think.

Much Appreciated, A.J.