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<p>[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2096723, member: 15309"]I never collected PL or DMPL Morgan Dollars but I rarely passed on a chance to get a nice Morgan that was prooflike on the obverse only since they could be had at a discount. Here are two such coins that I have owned in the past, both graded MS65.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars%204%20Sale/MD1880-SNGCMS654183287-019_zpsa16b90b6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I submit that the quality of the obverse of this coin is about the same as the quality of the coin in the OP. The same type of chatter shows up in the obverse fields but was barely noticeable upon in hand inspection. Again, I would grade this coin a low end MS65. Compare that with the next coin:</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars%204%20Sale/MD1880-SNGCMS65-1.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>This coin is much cleaner, has deeper mirrors in the fields, and cleaner focal areas though the luster grazes are more evident. This coin is a high end MS65 or low end MS66.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lehigh96, post: 2096723, member: 15309"]I never collected PL or DMPL Morgan Dollars but I rarely passed on a chance to get a nice Morgan that was prooflike on the obverse only since they could be had at a discount. Here are two such coins that I have owned in the past, both graded MS65. [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars%204%20Sale/MD1880-SNGCMS654183287-019_zpsa16b90b6.jpg[/IMG] I submit that the quality of the obverse of this coin is about the same as the quality of the coin in the OP. The same type of chatter shows up in the obverse fields but was barely noticeable upon in hand inspection. Again, I would grade this coin a low end MS65. Compare that with the next coin: [IMG]http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Morgan%20Dollars%204%20Sale/MD1880-SNGCMS65-1.jpg[/IMG] This coin is much cleaner, has deeper mirrors in the fields, and cleaner focal areas though the luster grazes are more evident. This coin is a high end MS65 or low end MS66.[/QUOTE]
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