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<p>[QUOTE="Kevin Dore, post: 3190436, member: 96515"]I have these 3 morgan dollars and I'm trying to test my skills at grading them in hopes to compare notes with those of you that have much greater experience so that maybe I can become better at judging grades. I will give my opinion on what I think the grade is in my very unprofessional opinion and see how badly I do lol. But seriously I know the likelyhood of being wrong is high so I'd like to know what I'm missing or what I should look for that I'm not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I have 2 1921's here so I'll call this one 1921a</p><p>[ATTACH=full]823441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]823442[/ATTACH] </p><p>making this the 1921b[ATTACH=full]823443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]823444[/ATTACH] </p><p>and lastly the 1882o </p><p>[ATTACH=full]823450[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]823451[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1921a I can't really see much if any wear at all on the design of the obverse, but there is a lot of scratches and distracting marks. The reverse does show some signs of wear on the higher points such as the eagle's breast. It also has some discoloration around a good bit of the design. Overall I'm thinking maybe this coin would grade around AU 53.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1921b has a nicer mint luster to it, less scratches on it, but a few are still visible. I would like to think this one may grade at MS 60, but the wear on the eagle's breast tells me it's more in the AU55-58 range.</p><p><br /></p><p>The 1882O has a descent amount of wear and no mint luster at all left. I'd say half of so of the lines in the finer points like the eagle's wings and the hair on the obverse are still there. I'm thinking maybe VF-20</p><p><br /></p><p>So, what do you guys and gals think? How far off am I and why?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Kevin Dore, post: 3190436, member: 96515"]I have these 3 morgan dollars and I'm trying to test my skills at grading them in hopes to compare notes with those of you that have much greater experience so that maybe I can become better at judging grades. I will give my opinion on what I think the grade is in my very unprofessional opinion and see how badly I do lol. But seriously I know the likelyhood of being wrong is high so I'd like to know what I'm missing or what I should look for that I'm not. I have 2 1921's here so I'll call this one 1921a [ATTACH=full]823441[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]823442[/ATTACH] making this the 1921b[ATTACH=full]823443[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]823444[/ATTACH] and lastly the 1882o [ATTACH=full]823450[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]823451[/ATTACH] The 1921a I can't really see much if any wear at all on the design of the obverse, but there is a lot of scratches and distracting marks. The reverse does show some signs of wear on the higher points such as the eagle's breast. It also has some discoloration around a good bit of the design. Overall I'm thinking maybe this coin would grade around AU 53. The 1921b has a nicer mint luster to it, less scratches on it, but a few are still visible. I would like to think this one may grade at MS 60, but the wear on the eagle's breast tells me it's more in the AU55-58 range. The 1882O has a descent amount of wear and no mint luster at all left. I'd say half of so of the lines in the finer points like the eagle's wings and the hair on the obverse are still there. I'm thinking maybe VF-20 So, what do you guys and gals think? How far off am I and why?[/QUOTE]
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