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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lehigh96, post: 2419283, member: 15309&quot;]Well that explains the toning pattern on the 1879-S.&nbsp; The PCI inserts were infamous for imparting light pastel target toning on all white silver coins.&nbsp; This is more common for ASE&#039;s and this is the first example of a Morgan I have ever seen but I&#039;m willing to wager money that the 1879-S was the PCI coin that crossed to PCGS MS64.&nbsp; Here is an example of an ASE with PCI insert toning.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o59/ACPitBoss/Silver%20Eagles/ASE1998PCIMS677232_zps2b03cfc6.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>As for matching the rest, here are my guesses which will correspond to my comments in my original post.</p><p><br /></p><p>1879-S:&nbsp; MS64</p><p>1881-S:&nbsp; Unc Details QT</p><p>1884-O:&nbsp; MS62</p><p>1885:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AU Details QT</p><p>1886:&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; AU Details QT</p><p><br /></p><p>And although this is what I think PCGS graded the coins, I&#039;m actually hoping that I am wrong.&nbsp; I&#039;m hoping that they liked the obverse of the 1881-S enough to call it market acceptable and gave it an MS62 as a net grade for the questionable nature of the reverse toning.&nbsp; The 1881-S is very pretty and will drive a premium for the toning whereas the toning on the 1884-O is rather run of the mill and will simply sell for MS62 money.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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