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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 3297112, member: 73983&quot;]Ok, Sorry for the deception, but this Morgan is NOT a San Francisco issue.&nbsp; The 1881 dated Morgans that come from any other Mint other than San Francisco take quite a big leap up in price going up from MS-64.&nbsp; I also made the assumption it was an S Mint Morgan when I was going through all of my raw Morgans.&nbsp; I keep them in the BCW holders that are exactly the same size as the older White ANACS holders.&nbsp; So When I looked at this, my first assumption was, wow, this looks like a MS-65 1881-S Morgan.&nbsp; Then I turned the holder over to look at the reverse when I noticed that it was actually the New Orleans issue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The New Orleans issue jumps in the price guide from $175 in MS-64 to $1100 in MS-65, $2150 in MS-65+ and $10,000 in MS-66.&nbsp; My jaw dropped when I had told myself that I thought it was a decent looking MS-65.&nbsp; Of course PCGS and NGC I&#039;m sure grade the &quot;O&quot; on a much tougher curve because of that jump in price.&nbsp; My gut feeling is that this one would probably come back as a 64 or 64+ if I sent it in.</p><p><br /></p><p>For those of you who were trying to VAM this one, it would have been impossible.&nbsp; Sorry for misleading you, I was only wanting an unbiased opinion and the most common mint mark for this date is the S.&nbsp; Again, I assumed it was an S mintmark when I looked at it again after several months had gone by.&nbsp; This one is an 1881-O VAM-53.&nbsp; Here is the unaltered image with the actual mint mark.&nbsp; The obverse was not changed at all and the reverse only had the very small area around the mint mark altered to show an S.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]872803[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]872804[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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