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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Morgandude11, post: 8294526, member: 37839&quot;]OK, the whole story.&nbsp; I bought this coin, but never owned it.&nbsp; Those of you who know me well are aware that I am not a dealer, but occasionally buy coins for a few affluent collectors, who are fussy, but not that knowledgeable. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;That was the case here—I bought this one, ironically, in NGC’s backyard, for a friend in Sarasota.&nbsp; He looked at the pictures, and fell in coin love. I explained to him that the seller is notorious for light saturation of coins, and using Photoshop to smooth out the surfaces of the fields in coins.&nbsp; He still wanted it.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, even though the coin had a fixed price, and no offer situation, I negotiated the price down.&nbsp; I bought it, opened the coin, and looked at it.&nbsp; It was an extremely nice PL Morgan, but the seller made it look like a MS 67 or 68 DMPL coin.&nbsp; I then sealed it up in a new cardboard mailer, and sent it off to my friend the same day. </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp; Now, how does one buy a coin like this?&nbsp; &nbsp; We often have to deal with juiced pictures of coins.&nbsp; Given the date, grade, and die state, I knew it would be a nice coin, but that the photos made it look undergraded.&nbsp; In hand, it is not undergraded—it is correct.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>For an 1881s, which has many attractive PL gem grade coins, this one is quite attractive, but NOT MS 66 or 67 attractive.&nbsp; It has striations from die polish that were deliberately concealed.&nbsp; When buying a PL or DMPL coin, expect die polish lines, or it is probably not PL.&nbsp; I posted this coin as a learning tool, and a few experienced Morgan collectors immediately got it.&nbsp; I said that the coin looks like the photo—it does, except its virtues were exaggerated by lighting, and the smoothing eraser in Photoshop.</p><p><br /></p><p>At any rate, here is the coin:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1466565[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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