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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldEagle, post: 9897, member: 950&quot;]Hello Art.</p><p><br /></p><p>Please consider purchasing a copy of &quot;The Official Red Book of Morgan Silver Dollars&quot; written by Q. David Bowers.&nbsp; Chapter Eight covers Grading and the Marketplace.&nbsp; On pages 82-84, the ANA grading system is explained in detail and you can compare your Morgans with pictures of the Morgans on those pages.</p><p><br /></p><p>It appears to me that your 1879 Morgan is at least EF-40 Typical and maybe even EF-45 Choice or AU-50 Typical.</p><p><br /></p><p>AU-50 Typical: Obverse: Traces of wear show on hair above eye, ear, edges of cotton, leaves and high upper fold of cap.&nbsp; Partial detail visible on tops of cotton bolls.&nbsp; Luster gone from cheek.&nbsp; Reverse: There are traces of wear on breast, tops of legs, wing tips and talons.&nbsp; Three quarters of the mint lustre is still present. Surface abrasions and bag marks are more noticeable than for AU-55.</p><p><br /></p><p>EF-45 Choice: Obverse: Slight wear on hair above date, forehead and ear.&nbsp; Lines in hair well detailed and sharp.&nbsp; Slight flat spots on edges of cotton leaves.&nbsp; Minute signs of wear on cheek.&nbsp; Reverse: High points of breast are lightly worn.&nbsp; Tops of legs and right wing tip show wear. Talons are slightly flat.&nbsp; Half of the mint luster is still present.</p><p><br /></p><p>EF-40 Typical: Obverse: Wear shows on hair above date, forehead and ear.&nbsp; Lines in hair well detailed.&nbsp; Flat spots visible on edges of cotton leaves.&nbsp; Cheek lightly worn.&nbsp; Reverse: Almost all feathers gone from breast.&nbsp; Tops of legs, wing tips and feathers on head show wear.&nbsp; Talons are flat.&nbsp; Partial mint lustre is visible.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Your Morgan looks like it has little wear on the cheek and the breast feathers but it has also lost most of it&#039;s mint lustre.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>I hope I&#039;m in the &quot;ballpark&quot; (although not in left field&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> )&nbsp; but if not, National Dealer and GDJMSP, among others, will give you a better idea of grading your Morgans.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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