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<p>[QUOTE="Kirkuleez, post: 1443007, member: 36864"]Thank you for your comments, I expected a spirited debate. I would add that I do have plenty of great things to say about PCGS and NGC. I think that their standards are still pretty good and I have total faith in their counterfeit and doctoring detection. That being said, my experience is that the overall standards have been loosened a bit. I understand that there are many slabbed coins from every era that have an argument of over and under grading.</p><p><br /></p><p>Lehigh96, I can't possibly guess what generation slab those lovely Morgans came from. Instead, I will give you the grade that I would apply to the coin if I were interested in buying it and what was my determining factors. You can let me know if there is any correlation to the slabs.</p><p><br /></p><p>1) MS-64 Due to a few contact marks in the fields and a rather weak obverse strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>2) MS-65 Lovely clean fields and only light contact marks. I can't really determine the luster from the image, but I suspect it is quite nice and pushing the 66 mark.</p><p><br /></p><p>3) MS-64 I'm sure the color is a bit more appealing in hand, but the broken look is distracting to me. It makes it a bit tough to see contact marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>4) MS-65+ Beautiful clean surfaces and a nice strike.</p><p><br /></p><p>5) MS-64 Way too many contact marks for the 65 grade for me, but the luster looks striking.</p><p><br /></p><p>6) MS-64+ Amazing eye appeal and a nice strike. A few too many contact marks for the 65 grade.</p><p><br /></p><p>7) MS-66 A beautiful strike and nice eye appeal. Very few light contact marks.</p><p><br /></p><p>8) MS-64 Large obverse contact marks preclude it from the 65 grade.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kirkuleez, post: 1443007, member: 36864"]Thank you for your comments, I expected a spirited debate. I would add that I do have plenty of great things to say about PCGS and NGC. I think that their standards are still pretty good and I have total faith in their counterfeit and doctoring detection. That being said, my experience is that the overall standards have been loosened a bit. I understand that there are many slabbed coins from every era that have an argument of over and under grading. Lehigh96, I can't possibly guess what generation slab those lovely Morgans came from. Instead, I will give you the grade that I would apply to the coin if I were interested in buying it and what was my determining factors. You can let me know if there is any correlation to the slabs. 1) MS-64 Due to a few contact marks in the fields and a rather weak obverse strike. 2) MS-65 Lovely clean fields and only light contact marks. I can't really determine the luster from the image, but I suspect it is quite nice and pushing the 66 mark. 3) MS-64 I'm sure the color is a bit more appealing in hand, but the broken look is distracting to me. It makes it a bit tough to see contact marks. 4) MS-65+ Beautiful clean surfaces and a nice strike. 5) MS-64 Way too many contact marks for the 65 grade for me, but the luster looks striking. 6) MS-64+ Amazing eye appeal and a nice strike. A few too many contact marks for the 65 grade. 7) MS-66 A beautiful strike and nice eye appeal. Very few light contact marks. 8) MS-64 Large obverse contact marks preclude it from the 65 grade.[/QUOTE]
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