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<p>[QUOTE="Deplorabledan, post: 2804497, member: 88896"]Hello everyone, my names Dan and Ive recently picked up interest into collecting again, it's been some years since my grandfather gave me some coins as a kid, and I've always loved Morgans so I'm trying to put together a nice year/mintmark set.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have 3 uncirculated common dates that I'm thinking of sending into ngc for grading or possibly conservation.</p><p><br /></p><p>The first is an 1881-o. I think this coin would be an ms65 but has several small rim dings, and I'm curious if anyone might be able to chime in with experience about grading coins like this. Will the coin drop 2 points 3 points? Will it come back ms details? Should I throw it on eBay and cut my losses?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]654669[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654673[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654674[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>Next is an 1884-o I think could easily grade ms64. It has some peripheral toning and some extremely fine lines perfectly parallel on the fields and devices. Too fine to be abrasive lines, looks like planchet striations. Also has very minor rim damage, barely visible with the naked eye.[ATTACH=full]654678[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654683[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654688[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>And last is a 1897-p that I also think is an ms64. It has some rather unnatractive peripheral toning and maybe a candidate for ncs?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]654692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654693[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I'd appreciate it if any fellow collector with more experience than myself would be so kind and share their opinion on whether not I should send them in. I'm only considering these 3 coins because I think it could be worth it for them to be slabbed. If not, I will keep them for my collection. They were obtained in a lot for about $22 each, so either way I think I did ok. Many thanks in advance! </p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: sorry I didn't realize I posted in world coins, not sure how to fix. Maybe a mod could move it?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Deplorabledan, post: 2804497, member: 88896"]Hello everyone, my names Dan and Ive recently picked up interest into collecting again, it's been some years since my grandfather gave me some coins as a kid, and I've always loved Morgans so I'm trying to put together a nice year/mintmark set. I have 3 uncirculated common dates that I'm thinking of sending into ngc for grading or possibly conservation. The first is an 1881-o. I think this coin would be an ms65 but has several small rim dings, and I'm curious if anyone might be able to chime in with experience about grading coins like this. Will the coin drop 2 points 3 points? Will it come back ms details? Should I throw it on eBay and cut my losses? [ATTACH=full]654669[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654673[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654674[/ATTACH] Next is an 1884-o I think could easily grade ms64. It has some peripheral toning and some extremely fine lines perfectly parallel on the fields and devices. Too fine to be abrasive lines, looks like planchet striations. Also has very minor rim damage, barely visible with the naked eye.[ATTACH=full]654678[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654683[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654688[/ATTACH] And last is a 1897-p that I also think is an ms64. It has some rather unnatractive peripheral toning and maybe a candidate for ncs? [ATTACH=full]654692[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]654693[/ATTACH] I'd appreciate it if any fellow collector with more experience than myself would be so kind and share their opinion on whether not I should send them in. I'm only considering these 3 coins because I think it could be worth it for them to be slabbed. If not, I will keep them for my collection. They were obtained in a lot for about $22 each, so either way I think I did ok. Many thanks in advance! Edit: sorry I didn't realize I posted in world coins, not sure how to fix. Maybe a mod could move it?[/QUOTE]
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