1892- C.C. Morgan $1 Coin of the Week, 3-27-10

Seriously nice coins John!!

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Greetings "CC" fans

Guess the grade! I love it!!

It's hard to tell from the photo: It has enough luster to be an UNC for sure but knowing PCGS and the strict grading standards they have gone back to, my guess is AU-58

I'm probably way off, but as I said, it's very difficult to grade correctly from just a photo.

Michael the drummer

P.S. I have a "CC" gold half eagle that PCGS (newly) graded AU-58 that I swear looks MS as does your 1892-CC Morgan shown here. :laugh:

I will guess 64.

After serious scrutinizing of the photo, and I emphasize on the word "photo", it would appear that, though it has good eye appeal and needle sharp detail,it seems to have some lustre break on Liberty's cheek and in the fields. When comparing with John Armonas' MS 63 and 64, I have to go along with the Coindrummer and go out on a limb and say AU 58.
And the answer is...........?

The first photograph is not so hot, I agree. Probably because I may have compressed it too far. I have the same image in a 2mg file which really shows off this coin's quality, even when viewing close up and personal which, many coins cannot handle and still produce accolades.

The coin is an AU 58 --

Drummer wins a balloon along with Randy - the Morgan Master.

Perhaps this image will do the coin a bit more justice. It's one of my CC Morgans with a well deserved PQ! designation in its file description. This cartwheel has more luster, eye appeal and just plain "pop" than a lot of 61's and 62's I've seen.


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Thats a great specimen of a "58"