2 Morgans, Your opinions please!

[Ducksoup]

These morgans aren't anything fancy, I bought the 1880 O, and my wife got me the 1896 P and I was just curious as to what they might grade. Both have a small bit of luster left ( I'm still learning coin photography ) that doesn't show on these pics which are quick and dirty. Thanks for looking!

 

Rob

[James_OldeTowne]

MS-60, and EF-40 are my guesses.

[mtnstyne]

MS60 - MS62 if it has some luster, looks pretty dull in the picture

 

Agree with James on the 1896 at EF40

[johnny9434]

ms 60 & xf 40 respectivly

[JOBESSI]

MS-60, and EF-40 are my guesses.

 

(thumbs u

[C.I.]

The color might be deceiving but I am thinking more in the high AU 55-58 range for the 80 O.. As for the 96, XF 40 seems to fit...

 

Chet

[Ducksoup]

Thanks for all your opinions! I wasn't sure about the 1880 O but figured the 1896 to be around XF grade.

[Walkerfan]

I love the 1880 O I would call that MS 63 and the 1896 I would grade it at XF 45. From the photos (which do not tell the whole story) they both look very original and problem free.

[Kurtdog]

I love the 1880 O I would call that MS 63 and the 1896 I would grade it at XF 45. From the photos (which do not tell the whole story) they both look very original and problem free.

The 1880-O, provided it's indeed a MS coin (and, I'm not saying it's not), is at least a MS63. Very good, Walkerfan. For those of you proposing MS60, you must remember, once you determine that coin makes the threshold cut to MS, you're off looking for circulation wear, and you're grading based on different criteria, namely, the presence or absence of contact marks and luster, principally. That's the sense behind the hypothetical, "AU64" grade. A typical AU58 coin with just the little help necessary to move it to a MS grade automatically bypasses all the lower MS grades without even so much as thinking of looking back. That's something a lot of people forget, I'm saying.