Feb
27
Grading a Morgan Dollar?
mirrorcoin asked:
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this is a 1887o Morgan Dollar what would you grade it?
you can read the word liberty,also some hairlines are visible and also part of the eagle feathers are visible
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3 Comments
It looks like it has been cleaned, but it looks like in Fine condition. Can’t see if there are any over dates, so fine to very fine would be my estimate.
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It looks like someone did a terrible job of trying to clean the coin. There are almost no details in the hair or on the eagle and the rims look weak at points. I would call it good and and sell it for melt because the cleaning job ruined it for most collectors.
“G Details. Scratched and Improperly Cleaned.”
The coin is heavily worn, lacking many details and the rim nearly merging with the fields. The coin has also been harshly cleaned with deep scratches on obverse bottom and reverse top while trying to remove the tarnished areas.
Here’s an example of NGC G-4 :
While a VG-8 should look like this: