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Message:: [QUOTE="GDJMSP, post: 1965698, member: 112"]Although it is commonly said that O mint Morgans are known for being weakly struck, not all of them are. Quite a few O mint Morgans are known for having above average strikes, 1 or 2 of them even strong to bold strikes. The OP's coin, the 1880-O, as a general rule has a strong strike. The 1881-S, like the other early S mint Morgans, is arguably known for having the strongest strikes of all Morgans. To use the words of Jim Halperin the strike of the '81-S is described as Sharp & Bold. And he describes the strike of the '80-O as Variable but generally strong. The quality of strike is usually judged by most by the upper hair detail on Morgans. Here is a picture of an '81-S - [ATTACH=full]347855[/ATTACH] Now compare that to the same area of the OP's coin an '80-O - [ATTACH=full]347856[/ATTACH] As you can see, yes a slight difference, but not much. And that's as compared to the best struck Morgans known. Given that, I could not describe the OP's coin as having a weak strike. And for an O mint coin, it is anything BUT a weak strike. All of that said, I believe they under-graded this coin. To me this is a 65 all day long. But in checking it appears they are particularly tough on the '80-O when it comes to grades. PCGS has graded a total of 1 as 66. And only 31 as 65, with 3 as 65+. NGC has graded 0 as 66 with only 25 as 65 and 0 as 65+. And by the way, that '81-S pictured above, is graded 66+.[/QUOTE]