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<p>[QUOTE="RedTiger, post: 694226, member: 19098"]Wholesale value, selling to a dealer for cash is about $12 (or just a bit above melt value). Retail value (what a dealer will ask for the coin) might be all over the map. Typical retail at an average dealer might be $35 to $50, but at a dealer that specializes in toners he/she might mark it up to $100 or more and hope for a fish to bite. Though that doesn't mean the coin will ever sell for that higher price.</p><p><br /></p><p>It looks MS63 or so, the reverse looks a bit funky, the way the toning frames the neck and head of the eagle, so it may not certify. From those pics, impossible to determine a precise grade. Certification would help the value if it grades MS65 or better. That is a slim possibility because less than 10% of random uncirculated Morgans will go MS65 or better, but at the higher grade, it would retail for $200+.</p><p><br /></p><p>So I gave a range of $10 to $12 all way up to $200--not much use I know, but a lot depends on where the coin is being sold, who is doing the selling and who is doing the buying, and also the possible certified grade (which is impossible to determine from those pics).[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="RedTiger, post: 694226, member: 19098"]Wholesale value, selling to a dealer for cash is about $12 (or just a bit above melt value). Retail value (what a dealer will ask for the coin) might be all over the map. Typical retail at an average dealer might be $35 to $50, but at a dealer that specializes in toners he/she might mark it up to $100 or more and hope for a fish to bite. Though that doesn't mean the coin will ever sell for that higher price. It looks MS63 or so, the reverse looks a bit funky, the way the toning frames the neck and head of the eagle, so it may not certify. From those pics, impossible to determine a precise grade. Certification would help the value if it grades MS65 or better. That is a slim possibility because less than 10% of random uncirculated Morgans will go MS65 or better, but at the higher grade, it would retail for $200+. So I gave a range of $10 to $12 all way up to $200--not much use I know, but a lot depends on where the coin is being sold, who is doing the selling and who is doing the buying, and also the possible certified grade (which is impossible to determine from those pics).[/QUOTE]
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