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Visual aid for grading Morgans
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Visual aid for grading Morgans
by dan53 » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:16 pm
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Re: Visual aid for grading Morgans
by NDFarmer » Wed Aug 17, 2011 8:42 pm
Very interesting site if you like Morgans thank you for posting it.
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Re: Visual aid for grading Morgans
by 68Camaro » Wed Aug 17, 2011 9:06 pm
Very interesting regardless. Helped me get a better appreciation for the level of detail as a function of grade, and made me better appreciate what a correct original Morgan looked like in MS. The MS68 and MS69 are pretty stunning in their magnified views.
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Re: Visual aid for grading Morgans
by ScottyTX » Wed Aug 17, 2011 11:56 pm
Alrighty, nice site added it to the favorites list. I never could quite get the grading down on them buggers but at last I finally catching on. Thanks!!!
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Re: Visual aid for grading Morgans
by dan53 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:00 am
When I first started collecting Morgans, there was a lot of info I didn't know about. The following is a quote taken from a book I have mentioned earlier called: "Making the grade".....
"Keep in mind the the obverse is by far the most important side of a Morgan dollar. It generally accounts for 75 to 90 percent of the grade".
They say that there are different areas of the obverse that carry different degrees of importance when it comes to being scratch or mark free. A mark on lady liberty's cheek is more damaging to the grade than say a mark on her hair. It says the cheek (and the date) is the most important areas on the Morgan. Having become armed with that knowledge, I set out in my pursuit of clean cheeked lady liberties.
"Keep in mind the the obverse is by far the most important side of a Morgan dollar. It generally accounts for 75 to 90 percent of the grade".
They say that there are different areas of the obverse that carry different degrees of importance when it comes to being scratch or mark free. A mark on lady liberty's cheek is more damaging to the grade than say a mark on her hair. It says the cheek (and the date) is the most important areas on the Morgan. Having become armed with that knowledge, I set out in my pursuit of clean cheeked lady liberties.
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Re: Visual aid for grading Morgans
by AGCoinHunter » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:08 am
Here is another good link for grading. Lists mostly all US coin types.
http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#
http://www.pcgs.com/Photograde/#
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Re: Visual aid for grading Morgans
by dan53 » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:20 am
Ag, thats a good site. I have it in my favorites.
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Re: Visual aid for grading Morgans
by AGCoinHunter » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:52 am
dan53 wrote:Ag, thats a good site. I have it in my favorites.
Me too!
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Re: Visual aid for grading Morgans
by Lemon Thrower » Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:53 am
great sites, thank you very much!!!
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