Hone Your Grading Skills #2

Here is an 1884-O which has been graded and certified by NGC. What grade would you give it if you were the grader? This one may surprise you

Bone

 

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OK... NGC, "O"-mint (weakly struck), fields look pretty good, a little baggy, reverse is fairly nice.... oh, what the heck: MS-65

 

MS63...its and O but the marks on the face and in front of the face (If I remember right that is the "hot" area for marks on Morgans.) take away the 64 for me...
The back also shows the week strike on the eagle....

Speedy

 

man. MS-66. hya:

 

Ok, here is "susposed" MS-65 for you. This coin is a KNOCK-OUT in hand.

B

 

That is a dog-gone-nice coin!...the luster is great.
I'm not sure I would go 65 with the neck looking like it does but the REV is GREAT!

Speedy

 

MS-65. Much nicer than your other MS-64.

 

i still say 66. come on bone, tell us tell us!

 

I vote MS-65.1

 

But the last one didn't show weekness in the hair...this one does alot...

Speedy

 

ohh wait. i see wear.. when you tell us the grade i'll point it out..

au-58 excellent coin..

 

MS-63 is my guess but since you said it would surprise us I will go 65

 

here's the wear i see.. i could probably do a better job if i had the coin in hand. it may just be the light reflecting off the cases.

 

Wear on the hair above the ear. More evident than the MS-65 one posted. MS-60 tops, I think (guess).

 

0 morgans are a hard thing to grade IMO.

 

That isn't wear...that is the week strike from a O mint Morgan dollar...you know Julz...I had just read in another post where you said (if I remember right) that O mint Morgan dollars were weekly struck and should be graded knowing that....

As I said above...that is from the week strike of an O Mint Morgan...the hair above the ear is what shows the week strike mostly.

Speedy

 

Cool, my 95-O morgan was a weeker strike!

 

Drummmm Rooooooolllllllllllll...

 

MS 63

Weak strike will fool many.