GTG Morgan purchase from ANA show

Please guess the grade (and use the poll)
(note: I struggled to get the ideal photo, so I included two of the obverse).

I didn't include it in the poll, but please also comment on if it received a star or not.

And bonus guess: what else is special about the coin?

 

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@ddddd

What is that white spot (or lack of toning) on the obverse extending from the "S" to the bottom of her cap?

Chris

 

I am not ashamed to give this a 67 grade from the pics provided. +/* are myth.
Is that the largest cud in history???

 

It's an untoned area as far as I can tell.
And @Johndoe2000$ no cud...that would have been pretty cool though!

 

Maybe someone sneezed on it and left it there while the rest of the coin toned.

Chris

 

Solid 65.

 

It's possible....there is no snot designation from NGC though

 

Only when they can't agree.....isstoo!.....issnot!

 

An older NGC may be MS64. I like it as MS65* today..

 

MS65*

 

I give it a MS 66*. Looks like a interior die break on the obverse.
If those are scratches on the cheek I'd lower it to MS 64. (Can't see the scratches on the first photo).

 

65*

 

It's an '83 O ????

 

I went 64. Those marks on her cheek are pretty severe, even though the rest of the coin is terrific. Definitely not 66 or higher, as some are saying.

I don't think it got the star, with that awkward white area on the obverse.

 

It could well have gotten the star. I was on the fence about that. I went straight, solid 65, but the toning is really striking enough to go with the *. I would not be surprised with a 66 grade at all, which means that the “I hate TPGs” crowd would grade it as AU 55.

 

MS 64...to much chatter on cheek-my opinion of grade. NGC grade MS 65 no star. For the record, I posted MS 65 in the poll.

 

Excellent toning btw.
I didn't realize you had two GTG. I picked for your dream coin. Oh well.

 

I was on the fence between MS64/65 regarding surfaces but thought that the overall eye appeal would push it up to MS65. The untoned area on the obverse is unusual but I don't think it is distracting enough to negate the star, though it only takes one grader to disagree and bam, goodbye star designation, so we will see.

 

This one couldn't go past 64 includes color bump. IMO.

 

Yes, this is definitely an option I considered. I too was on the 64/65 fence.