Grading Mint State Morgan Dollars: Introduction to Coin Grading

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Grading Mint State Morgan Dollars: Introduction to Coin Grading

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8 жыл бұрын

This is a must watch video for collectors of Morgan Dollars.
PCGS Director of Education Mike Sherman reviews the key elements for grading Mint State 60 to 69 Morgan Dollars. These coins are plentiful, but no two are exactly alike. Learn how to identify the differences in this short video.

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@stephenvyskocil3681 3 ай бұрын

Not surprised to see 81-S Morgans have the top grade. My favorite year/mint combination to collect for top appearance and grade.

@bgs9man 8 жыл бұрын

Ever wonder why a coin gets a certain grade? Well, this is it! Great educational video for grading mint state coins. Now I know what to look for. Thanks PCGS!

@MinhuongNguyen-rl2dd Ай бұрын

2:39

@dwaynefrye2984 5 жыл бұрын

This kills me, I sold three of these coins for twenty bucks each cause they had those toning marks on them. One good thing though, its a friend and I think I can get them back. I had no idea that toning was a good thing. Thank you for having this KZfaq channel. Very, Very helpful.

@brucedienst7553 4 жыл бұрын

Dwayne Frye did you get them back

@eastcoastcc2631 4 жыл бұрын

xxGodx tf wrong with you bro? Stop lying.

@eastcoastcc2631 4 жыл бұрын

xxGodx ok bro

@WizzyFilms 8 жыл бұрын

Awesome Video! Great to have a grading video from the Pros!

@CoinsAreNeato 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful! Thank you for this, it's been so very helpful!

@gaelforcegael4858 Жыл бұрын

As usual another great video!! you are very talented

@SilverDog-zl9wm 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Very helpful!

@kennylong7281 2 жыл бұрын

If the hair above the ear is not sharp, and the feathers on the eagle's breast do not bristle, I DO NOT BUY.

@joresbaghoomian5649 Жыл бұрын

You explained great with gradings, We don't get that when we submit our coins.

@rayglaze4720 2 жыл бұрын

Appreciate your help. Thank you!

@harveyshankman5111 Жыл бұрын

Very informative.

@SilverGator 7 жыл бұрын

Fantastic information. I have many PCGS Morgans and this helps me understand how they were graded. I hope to upload some videos of mine in the next couple days.

@ashokedas9866 6 жыл бұрын

PCGS Sir your address please

@user-vo6pp2nb3h 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for this video

@biiigsportsguy6148 6 ай бұрын

Seems crazy that toning would bump a grade, but I guess that’s just my personal opinion

@coinshow9842 Жыл бұрын

Interesting story!👍 Helpful for all stackers or collectors!👌 I think we should all help each other!❤ Nice Coins!🤩 & Nice Vid!👏

@AngelRamirez-fd2yi 6 жыл бұрын

Its 2018 just saw your video...well done.

@M4457 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Nattleby 5 жыл бұрын

I have a whole tube of MS 80 Morgans, they glow in the dark and grant wishes.

@matt2.092 5 жыл бұрын

Nattleby that’s great man😂

@Nattleby 5 жыл бұрын

Matt2. 0 You should see the MS 81s....

@BoxCatKeys Жыл бұрын

….can I have it

@donavonrobbins1908 Жыл бұрын

Did I see your eBay listing?

@Nattleby Жыл бұрын

@@BoxCatKeys I'll think about it. They are now MS83 grade, rainbow toned.

@_CYB0RG_ 7 ай бұрын

67s are typically very beautiful coins

@ghostcityshelton9378 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video....esp. the ending where you state 67s on up being really cool to have as I found a big bunch of Morgan's while metal detecting, along with some gold watches and beautiful rings. I know there had been a house from the very early 1800's that had been torn down in the 1930's sometime. I found the box burried by a very old tree. Prob. buried to keep the British during the War of 1812 from getting it. I found a nice wooden box within another metal box full of nice silverware as well. When the 1 coin from 1878-CC was looked at by phone pics and the executive Mr. Willis said it was a 66, 67 or way better & would just say that if it cked out to be real he just said it might be worth 5 figures I really don't know how much that could be cause I'm new to the whole Morgan & other coins I'd found in the box. I never new that coins could some times sell for such high amounts like million (s) or whatever. I'm not counting chickens before they're hatched but I hope mine are real & may sell some at auction. I'd love to be able to buy a car & get out of the apt I have to live in now. Take care of the money & it will take care of you. I would love to buy the nice but modest house down the street from my apt. that's how much I want to move. Would luv to tell my corrupt apt manager to that her 'reassetment' BS thing and shove it where the sun doesn't shine!!! But that's 'if' the coin (s) ck out. Thank you again for the video😁.

@awakenotwoke4830 8 ай бұрын

Congratulations on your find. Your suspected timeline doesn't work though. How does a 1878 get buried for the war of 1812?

@robwelch6846 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I was hoping you'd say something about spotting sliders.

@Samscoinsandheavymetal 3 жыл бұрын

Sliders are tough .. especially on soft strikes, sliders remain mostly subjective It’s not unheard of to crack AU58s out and send them back only to get an MS62 or 63 (or genuine/cleaned lol). Unfortunately with so many graders and such a fine line, grading will always continue to be a game hundreds of dealers play Financial motivation is the strongest motivation out there

@gaelforcegael4858 Жыл бұрын

Hi Daniel I have a beautiful rainbow Morgan graded by ICG at MS67 will I have a problem selling it even though you can still grade it through the slab I actually thought it should have been 67+ Regards Patrick.

@vm.999 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video!

@Revealthefactsbpsolanki3456 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the informative video.

@timothyloyd8519 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@jonstrain7385 Ай бұрын

Was there any comment about the rim? If there was I missed it and I’m certain the third side is a consideration.

@hiseminencetheholymacdiarmada 5 ай бұрын

If I recall correctly, O mint marks are known to be weak strikes

@chrism9468 7 жыл бұрын

very nice video..

@kking5652 4 жыл бұрын

Some of the time PCGS gets it right, A lot less in the last 8 years. Dec 17 2019.

@dasfahrer8187 10 ай бұрын

6:20 ... The hair to the 4-5 o'clock position from Liberty's ear looks quite flat compared to the previous MS67 that was shown. Is this not considered a weaker strike? If so, why did it still get MS67?

@khirbyjones3978 5 жыл бұрын

I have 1896 Morgan Trade Dollar but i noticed that all wings i have seen in your video are upward and the head is on the left side, mine is the wings pointed downward and the head is on the right side, is mine fake? would you like to see the picture of it?

@leleflores2205 5 жыл бұрын

I have one old coin 1884 US dalar.

@rvnmedic1968 Жыл бұрын

This is 7 years old. Has the grading criteria changed or loosened since then or gotten tougher? I hate seeing slabbed Morgans that are almost Black graded as Gem BU on eBay listings. I don't care if the surface is otherwise spotless but when it has a dark Black color, no thanks. I'll take an MS61 or MS612 before buying that.

@yinyangja 7 жыл бұрын

I was wondering why MS 70 was missing. Then I went over to PCGS page and none were in the population. Should age of coin come into factor at high level MS grading. Like if a coin is 100 plus years old some consideration is taken and a few what would be MS 69 get into the MS 70 category. Same with 200 plus years would have even less stringency....and so on. If a rare coin did come in that actually was perfect 70 and was the first. A special label could be made just for that coin. As beyond other MS 70 of that 100 year range. If another pops up, the same thing. Coins that have been graded MS 69 in the past could be sent in by their owner for a review, also.

@richardbahulayan6040 5 жыл бұрын

I have a mint Morgan Dollar of 1884.where do I sell it. Do you buy them. HOW much does it cost.

@ghostcityshelton9378 5 жыл бұрын

DON'T just sell to just anybody till you know what you have !!! You could very well have a very valuable coin and maybe your best bet might be to sell it at auction. I asked a very nice man a Mr. Willis from the Gold & Bullion company who was very nice to take a look at one of my coins by phone pics. He 1st told me that it would take about maybe $50. a coin to have them cked out. I said it will take me some time to save for getting the Morgan's and other coins I found in a box by metal detecting. He was VERY NICE and he & his team looked at an 1878-CC & said it was a 66, 67 or higher coin. ( I had no clue what an MS 67 or higher ment & he said it could be very valuable & asked for a ball park figure, he said it could mean 5 figures. I had no clue still what that ment because I wasn't into the whole coin thing. I'd only seen accupple of Morgan's on a tv show, never knowing I'd find a bunch of them carefully put in a box, probably hidden so the British during the War of 1812 wouldn't get them. I know that Morgan 1884-Mint CC's that 1,136,000 were made. (pretty sure) Top end that 1884's have sold for (Mint: CC and without the CC) High end some have sold for $14,070,000. & $1,360,000. then there's different sums paid going on down. 1889-CC's are I think the rarest of the Morgan's as only 350,000 or so we're made. I'm far from being an 'expert', in fact I'm just getting into the whole coin thing esp. Morgans. You could try taking your coin to the nearest coin shop. (Don't sell if I were you) They could weigh it, (should be around 26.8 or so, I think depending on wear but I'd ck that out to make sure it's right) They would probably do the magnet test. If the magnet just slides off that's great, if it sticks then it's fake. Check the edges of the coin to make sure they're uniform, ck the thickness, should be bettween the 1st & second line. Make sure the dentical is around the coin equally. (the little ridges around the coin). You probably know all this, I'm trying to share the bits I've just been learning about. I know that there was a Morgan that sold for alittle over 20 MILLION ! (Holly cow, Batman😨) I'm going to try to take my coins to a Numerology person and see if I can get an appointment and just how much it would cost a coin or however it's done. Sorry I couldn't be more help. I'm just learning also. I was SO HAPPY to see the upper rated coins being spoken about in this video. I'm not counting my chickens before they're hatched and I have to at least get a magnet maybe that might save ALOT of time & money. ....but the coins I found look fantastic to me. I've never 'cleaned' them & wouldn't know how. Whomever ever buried them must have really loved them, didn't just throw them in the box. In fact Mr. Willis at 1st thought the coin I showed him might have been stollen, he said it looked perfect & maybe too perfect, whatever THAT means. The whole coin thing is all knew to me. Sorry to ramble on so. It's just it's the best find from metal detecting in over 30 years of doing it. There were 4 gold/diamond watches & some nice rings as well. I've been praying non stop to have a way to get out of the apt I'm living in and to maybe buy a house & car...'IF' the coins are real and check out and SELL well at auction I'd be moving for sure. Take care of the money it will take care of you😁. If you've made it this far I wish you well and good luck with your coin adventures.

@55ense5imulation4 5 жыл бұрын

@@ghostcityshelton9378 post a video of your coin. Don't touch coins obverse (face) or reverse (eagle) hold and flip with fingers on the edge of coin.

@jeffjohnston7642 6 жыл бұрын

I notice a nic on lower left of Liberty's neck on almost every coin. Above 65 its lighter but still visable. Is this part of the strike?

@johneberhardt6101 5 жыл бұрын

I wish someone would answer this as i was wondering the same thing..

@thekingscene 5 жыл бұрын

Yes it is.

@annassadsongmin4686 5 жыл бұрын

I have 1878 Morgan dollar coin no mint state mark. it condition grad about 66. please I need appraiser

@MrRant247 4 жыл бұрын

All those Morgans made and not one MS-70??????????

@channelahmedbacha6785 2 жыл бұрын

👍

@PsychPsalmsandPaper 3 жыл бұрын

Looks like I have a ms 67

@jamelahsamson3277 2 жыл бұрын

I have 1897 1 dollar coin pluribus unum

@acmecondorsrealm8357 5 жыл бұрын

I just took a video of a coin that im going to have graded. I didn't take it out of the flip after I got it from a store. I sent it right out asap check my vids tell me what you think it will grade.

@Translation-in-Malaysia 5 жыл бұрын

I have a question that I've tried to research for 2 years now, can someone PLEASE put me out of my misery and enlighten me? Am I correct in my assumption that slabbed coins are only for domestic USA markets and there are no international customers who can ever order slabbed coins? (VAT/GST aside). The reason is customs need to break open the slab which I assume (never held one) can only be opened by force by breaking its seal/container. As anecdotal evidence I ordered a 1 oz gold panda from Apmex that comes in a vinyl completely transparent sealed mint sleeve, it had to be be cut opened by customs just so they could put a fingerprint on the coin say nothing and put it back. I'm dying to order some slabbed Morgans but I'm assuming customs would break open it. I'm assuming the slabs can not be opened for obvious reasons. Does PCGScoin ever send/receive any international parcels? I will stalk random coin collectors on the tube until I found out! :-p Can anyone shed some light on this..? I would have thought there would be coin collectors at least in Europe ordering graded coins from the USA. I'm an expat in Asia (why bring silver to Asia - because silver makes me smile, that's all)

@alohatraveler 5 жыл бұрын

No customs won't break them open and people from all around the world order slabbed coins from cogs and ngc from coin shows and fly back home. Slabbed coins are popular around the world

@Translation-in-Malaysia 5 жыл бұрын

@@alohatraveler Thank you!

@TheAvenstar 5 жыл бұрын

Wish you took this kind of care in ALL the coins you grade. Alas, my experience is that you do not.

@Samscoinsandheavymetal 3 жыл бұрын

It’s Corporate America at its finest They’re a factory - numbers crunching Public companies have Investors who want profits and numbers I know I’m not telling you anything you don’t already know The problems I’ve always had with PCGS NGC et al., is the conflict of interest they operate under When grading fees are a sliding scale , not just based on service level (economy, standard etc.), but they also take 1% of declared value, that’s a problem They have an inherent motivation to grade a coin higher with that 1% value It’s also long been whispered, (though never been proven), that the large dealers (ie Legend, David Lawrence etc.), receive preferential treatment. Whether it’s true or not will probably never be proven

@kenclarke4906 2 жыл бұрын

It's hard to find a clean Morgan, because they were put in circulation and were delivered in bags to the bank. So they forgive the grade a little bit on the Morgan dollar, as well they should.

@mithunmevda7420 4 жыл бұрын

I have a American coin from 1795, I will sell it

@franciscogarcia6479 8 жыл бұрын

hola yo tengo un dólar de plata de 1880 cuanto valdría

@macforme 6 жыл бұрын

It would be impossible to tell you that without looking at it. I suggest you go to eBay and look up 1880 silver dollars like yours ( you might have something other than a Morgan) and try to find one in similar condition. That is how I do it for my raw coins ( not in a slab.) That should get you a better idea. Or take it to a coin shop or coin show and ask some one the to give you an estimate.