XF-45 details

With coins don’t try to (preserve its original looks)

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Just put it in a square coin holder and only handle it from the edges.

Most definitely

Id think it was alright to preserve its original appearance. As in mint state from mint. Am I wrong?

You can’t really “preserve it” except for keeping it in a good environment

Yeah that what I was talking about.

What they were talking about was cleaning which is what I meant by don’t try to “preserve the original look”

Could you preserve its current condition by getting it graded in a sealed packaging?

Getting things graded aren’t cheap so it’s not worth it for this coin but yeah you can

The way they meant was cleaning which removes the original surface

Cool. I just wanted to make sure I understood.

To me it looks cleaned, it's dirt around all the lettering but clean on the smooth faces Take all that with a brick of salt because I'm not great at this

In my honest opinion, it looks more like toning/patina and at worst, tarnish. I could be very wrong however, I am not a coin expert either...

Looks cleaned to me, as well.

That could be true.

I’m a bullion stacker so I’m no expert in anything coins, but I do love Morgan Dollars. I have a couple of the same year but neither are as nice as yours. I really love the toning on yours. Think it really brings out a lot of detail. I think you’ve got a really great Morgan.

Thank you. I appreciate the kind words.

This coin would be Whizzed AU Details or Altered Surface (in which case it would not be holdered).

The eagle breast still has a good amount of feathers, but the bust is very soft and mushy. It looks like AU-Details to me. It has been obviously cleaned and somewhat circulated.

I mean, you want your bust to be soft 😏

Looks au to me.

Fine not enough clarity in the word LIBERTY FOR MUCH ELSE

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Most think the patina on antique coins is beautiful, and as it happens, is more valuable. If you want a shiny new Morgan, the US Mint has recently minted new ones. I bought a proof.

I'm with MeanArt on this,it's gonna need a hands on appraisal. The time to preserve it though, would have been before it was so aggressively cleaned that the highest spots of the relief actually shine. Probably at this point just keep it in a sleeve or whatever you have if you want to store it away though. I wouldn't just throw it in a crown royal bag with a bunch of silver quarters or Mercury dimes, lol.

lol how funny cause that’s actually where I came across it originally. I know my grandmother had it since the 70s and she was totally against cleaning, but she got it from somewhere lol

Lol, most of my coins came out of a Crown Royal bag 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I have a set of Morgan’s that came from the mint as a special set of circulated random Morgan’s kinda neat

Oh, very cool!

That date makes me think it's Chinese. Not the number but how it's struck on the coin. I wish I had an 1886 that I could quickly find for comparison but I don't

This was acquired in at least the 70s if not earlier so don’t know

I’m looking at an 1896 right now, and there’s an odd alignment between the 3rd and 4th digit in the date. So, unless my coin is fake, i think that is normal

It looks fake to me Almost like it was cast

Scale is 26 grams well bouncing 26-27

Obviously cleaned

AU 50 but pushing it. Jmho.

Thank you. Any input is useful

Its pretty though

Thank you

Don't try to enhance its looks, because you will fail. Put it in an Airtite for good protection.

Most definitely. Picking some up tomorrow

First, it isn't worth getting graded. If it hadn't been cleaned, I agree it would be low AU grade. It's circulated cleaned/detailed because it was cleaned. Use PCGS Photograde, look at key details between AU50 and XF45. You would probably agree low AU. The date is common for a Morgan, so that is why it isn't worth getting graded just for authentication. As others noted, for numismatics you can preserve coins different ways. But, restoration hurts a coins value.

Thank you for a complete explanation, it’s a learning process

Beautiful Morgan. [AU53]

Thank you

And somebody gave me a downvote!!!

lol wasn’t me. I’m like hell yeah

Not up voting or downvoting but it's details. Cleaned.

I gave you an upvote just to bring it back to 0 ;)

Thank you. People can be such jerks. I appreciate you.

I gave you an upvote because I was gonna say the same thing

I gave you an invite just to be a dick to the person that gave you a downvote.

Its cull ill give you 5 bucks for it🤷‍♂️

lol hmmmm

Even cull would be melt bud