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<p>[QUOTE="chascat, post: 7689469, member: 76792"]67 is my choice due to minimal bag marks and blems. There are some bag marks on all Morgans...just the minting process and handling by mint employees after striking, being thrown into oak wood bins and later weighed and approved, thrown back into the bins, then bagged, they were baggy before ever leaving the mint. Then the shipping by wagon or train, or both, the vault storage and handling for many years before ever being un-bagged. They ALL must have some bag marks and to find one in the top grades is nothing short of a miracle. A 67 grade for a Morgan is comparable to a 65 grade on a modern coin of smaller size and weight in my estimation. Even a 67 grade on a circulation strike Ike dollar is nearly unheard of for most dates. If this coin were nearly any other date besides a common, it would probably grade at least 68. I wouldn't doubt if this coin wasn't handed to a collector before ever leaving the mint.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="chascat, post: 7689469, member: 76792"]67 is my choice due to minimal bag marks and blems. There are some bag marks on all Morgans...just the minting process and handling by mint employees after striking, being thrown into oak wood bins and later weighed and approved, thrown back into the bins, then bagged, they were baggy before ever leaving the mint. Then the shipping by wagon or train, or both, the vault storage and handling for many years before ever being un-bagged. They ALL must have some bag marks and to find one in the top grades is nothing short of a miracle. A 67 grade for a Morgan is comparable to a 65 grade on a modern coin of smaller size and weight in my estimation. Even a 67 grade on a circulation strike Ike dollar is nearly unheard of for most dates. If this coin were nearly any other date besides a common, it would probably grade at least 68. I wouldn't doubt if this coin wasn't handed to a collector before ever leaving the mint.[/QUOTE]
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