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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lucky Cuss, post: 1879074, member: 44086&quot;]On a whim, in between errands yesterday I stopped at a pawn shop whose practice with regard to Morgans, is that if they&#039;re slabbed and graded, out comes the greysheet and they&#039;re marked accordingly. But there&#039;s a much more lackadasical approach there as to raw Morgans.&nbsp; VF (mostly) or AU/BU, they&#039;re placed into a velvet tray in the case and priced on a take your pick, $5 (more or less) over melt basis. I think they know and care enough not to do that with any CC&#039;s, but that&#039;s about it for culling. And it just so happened that a half dozen examples had just gotten put out. Three weren&#039;t anything to write home about. The fourth was a BU 1921-S with some edge toning on both sides, and a much better than average strike. No huge deal but a nice find at the price. The fifth was a slider 1890-S, also with a bit of obverse edge toning. Obviously I bought both of these, but mostly to conceal my excitement over the sixth, pictured here. A very, very nice proof-like 1880 Philly with minimal bag marks (MS 65, maybe even a 66?) and quite good cameo contrast. Strike is a bit incomplete over the ear, and I wouldn&#039;t say it&#039;s DMPL or ultra cameo, but I&#039;ve no reason to be displeased with it. It&#039;s prettier than these photos make it out to be, but the flat lighting lets you see what flaws there are better. I&#039;ve never sent off a coin to be graded, but this just might be the first.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>[ATTACH=full]318389[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]318390[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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