This is a picture of the coin I am considering buying. I'm just double-checking to make sure the coin is graded correctly and not grade stretched in any way.
Thank you and I hope this was posted in the correct area.
Edit: Thanks Tiff
Full Version: 1884 - O Morgan - Right grade/price?
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This is a picture of the coin I am considering buying. I'm just double-checking to make sure the coin is graded correctly and not grade stretched in any way.
Thank you and I hope this was posted in the correct area.
Edit: Thanks Tiff
This is a picture of the coin I am considering buying. I'm just double-checking to make sure the coin is graded correctly and not grade stretched in any way.
Thank you and I hope this was posted in the correct area.
Edit: Thanks Tiff
<Moved to get more exposure. -Tiff>
I never heard of SGS, but that dollar has enough rub on the heights and contact marks in the fields to make it an AU in my book. MS68 it ain't, IMO.
Sorry, but that's not MS anything, IMO. I saw the auction, and where it is now would be O.K. SGS is Star Grading Services, around for about 2 years.
By their own admission, this is a less than desireable piece, as it is RARE to find SGS plastic holding anything but MS69 or proof70 grades.
To put it in perspective, PCGS, out of the 10's of thousands of Morgans graded, has only given MS68 to one 1884O
By their own admission, this is a less than desireable piece, as it is RARE to find SGS plastic holding anything but MS69 or proof70 grades.
To put it in perspective, PCGS, out of the 10's of thousands of Morgans graded, has only given MS68 to one 1884O
QUOTE(16d @ Jun 20 2005, 04:12 PM)
Sorry, but that's not MS anything, IMO. I saw the auction, and where it is now would be O.K. SGS is Star Grading Services, around for about 2 years.
By their own admission, this is a less than desireable piece, as it is RARE to find SGS plastic holding anything but MS69 or proof70 grades.
To put it in perspective, PCGS, out of the 10's of thousands of Morgans graded, has only given MS68 to one 1884O
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By their own admission, this is a less than desireable piece, as it is RARE to find SGS plastic holding anything but MS69 or proof70 grades.
To put it in perspective, PCGS, out of the 10's of thousands of Morgans graded, has only given MS68 to one 1884O
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Thanks. I wasn't sure about the reliability of their grading. It's been oh.....5-8 years since I bought my last coin (amazingly I started at the age of 12) and have never heard of SGS. My car hobby turned out to be a money pit so I'm looking to get into coins again. Nothing like searching through garage sales!
If U want graded coin, stick w/ NGC, ANACS or PCGS, the rest r like me saying I'll grade my coin "GWL" in MS-66 (my initials, that's all)
QUOTE(SilverDollarMan @ Jun 21 2005, 01:10 PM)
If U want graded coin, stick w/ NGC, ANACS or PCGS, the rest r like me saying I'll grade my coin "GWL" in MS-66 (my initials, that's all)
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What NGS? I've seen one or two of them around.
Here is a list of the coin grading services, and I think it's pretty well summarized here:
http://rg.ancients.info/guide/slabs.html
Just don't get any unknown brand slabs... there is a reason to it.
Would you trust this one, for example?
http://www.nugrade.com/
http://rg.ancients.info/guide/slabs.html
Just don't get any unknown brand slabs... there is a reason to it.
Would you trust this one, for example?
http://www.nugrade.com/
Please before you buy any more coins..... Read This and look at the pictures...
Morgan Dollars
Morgan Dollars
I've seen lots of SGS slabs while trolling around on Ebay.
I know next to nothing about grading and I can tell that they go overboard with the high marks.
The most 70's I've seen on slabbed coins in fact have been on SGS slabs.
This is the most 70's I've ever seen at one time!!!!
ebay
I know next to nothing about grading and I can tell that they go overboard with the high marks.
The most 70's I've seen on slabbed coins in fact have been on SGS slabs.
This is the most 70's I've ever seen at one time!!!!
ebay
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