Need some help.....

[Bruceswar]

I got a PCI graded Morgan dollar 1921 MS 64.... anyhow they marked 90% white on it... what does that mean???

[EZ_E]

Well, Bruce Lee, awe, come on now, really?

 

90% white is exactly what it says, i.e. 90% of the surface of the coin is white with 10% toning.

[Bruceswar]

i don't see any toning at all on this coin.... mabye I am losing it...

[BillJones]

My guess is that the coin is probably a little dulled from it's orginal color by toning. Perhaps if you campare it to a bright white Morgan dollar, but NOT an S-Mint from the early 1880s because most of those coins were proof-likes, you will see a difference.

 

It also might be true that PCI is just full of it. It would not be the first time. They are well down on my list of favorite grading services.

[Bruceswar]

i bought the coin really cheap already slabbed so.....

[Wihlborg]

Bruce,

 

Bill Jones is correct. If the coin is not bright white, but has a ‘skin’ that dulls the bright luster, the coin may still be called white, although not blast white. This ‘skin’ may not look like what most people would call toning, and that is why the coin would still be called white, but since it is not 100% blast white some grading company’s as well as some dealers will list a percentage to describe just how white the coin is.

 

John