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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 2720313, member: 112"]Hmmmm. There seems to be one thing missing in all of the replies regarding the OP's coin. It was kind of touched upon by John Coxe, but not really. What I am talking about is this, the early '80s S mint Morgans are one of the exceptions to the rule when it comes to grading them. As John mentioned examples of these coins are known to be found quite nice. But this is what he did not mention, the vast majority of them are so nice that they are to be graded differently, more strictly than other Morgans are graded. For example, if you were looking at 3 coins, an '80-S, an '80-CC, and an '80-P and all 3 coins had similar detractors in all the same locations, were all 3 of equal luster, all 3 had equal quality of strike, etc etc - while the CC and P mint coins might grade 64, the S mint coin would only grade a 63. In other words the early S mint Morgans are held to a higher standard, and justly so. Given that, I would grade the OP's coin no higher than 63. And in the past at least, so would the TPGs. Now the early S mint Morgans are not the only exceptions like this, there are a few other exceptions, in other denominations and other mint/date combinations. Most if not all of these are well known and written about, and noted as being held to a higher standard when grading them.[/QUOTE]