1883 And A 1921 10 Grams Weight Differance Why

cant see mint marks there is a weigh differance of 10 grams why I dont now

test as silver by jewler

On the fourth post, the eagle doesn't look correct. The coin should not be thinner than others. It doesn't look die-struck, and doesn't have a cartwheel luster.

Ok, putting it in water to get its volume and then checking the weight is a density test, so whatever it's made of has the same density as silver. If they did a surface test and a ring test to see if it's silver, then ok perhaps it is silver.

This leaves us with 2 possibilities:

1) This is a thin planchet error where the coin was struck on a planchet that was rolled too thin or intended for another coin (as the Philly mint struck coins for other countries, too). This is known to happen but is exceedingly rare.

2) It's a counterfeit, potentially contemporary, purposefully struck on a thinner planchet as that's what they had.

Given the amount of detail on your coin from the pictures, I find #1 very unlikely, unless your coin was once cleaned to within an inch of its life, leaving us with #2.

In any case, we'll need higher resolution pictures (including the reeding again) to get a better idea. The ones you posted aren't quite large enough.

have a usb camera if you need me to zero in on a area let me know what part you would like to see

still dont understand why you would make a forgery out of silver

one more question I have a 1921 d
now above the mint mark D above that there is a bow or a reath on the bow or reath on the left hand side in a letter m or a 3 can you tell me what is that for
shane

I'm not sure if your comment about the magnet sticking was it did or it didn't. You may need to use a powerful earth magnet, not a refrigerator magnet. The counterfeit Morgans I see slam hard into my earth magnet. There is no way the Chinese would waste silver on a counterfeit coin. At least not the ones I've seen and I've seen hundreds. They walk into my shop all the time. Most of the fake Morgan's I see weigh around 21 through 24 grams. I've had heavily worn Morgans & Peace dollars that weighed 22 through 24 grams. But a nice strike would never weigh this low unless, like SteveCaruso said, it was struck on the wrong planchet. And how common would that be? Also, she looks fake too.