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Message:: [QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 2294002, member: 37839"]That was what I was trying to say earlier.  Doug expanded what I was saying--the GSA encapsulation process was far from scientific or organized.  I have personally seen quite a few "circulated" GSA Morgans in "uncirculated" GSA slabs.  Same goes for the ones not labeled "uncirculated.--" a good friend got one of them, knowing the coin was a diamond in the rough, and it was MS 64 PL.  The GSA project was rather large, and not directed in a knowledgeable way.  So, expect some variation in the GSA coins--there is no guarantee that one is going to get a high quality uncirculated coin in a GSA holder.  Moreover, collectors have had 30 years plus to pick over the GSA holder Morgans, and a lot of the "cherries" have been picked a long time ago.  I will reiterate what I said previously--many damaged coins were encapsulated by the GSA--the coin in question for this lengthy debate shows some sort of physical damage--some are sure it is "roller damage."  I am not by any means so certain of that fact, or that it is mint press striations either.  It would be impossible to do any thing but speculate as to how the striations came into play, so why bother? Accept that this isn't the cleanest GSA Morgan on the planet, and if it does grade (I think it may well do so, as TPGs are liberal on those coins from the GSA horde), it will be low level MS--62 or 63 made sense to me.[/QUOTE]