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Pillar of the Community
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It might qualify as graffiti (in the numismatic sense) if the marks are intended to exhibit the letter "A". Fun coin to inherit! There must be a story somewhere.
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Bedrock of the Community
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Bored math student with a Morgan dollar? :P "I bet I can calculate the angle between the chin and midline of the bust and then get the length of the opposite leg of the triangle with the Pythagorean theorem..." Maybe it's also a prototype drawing for a device designed to keep your head from hitting the desk while sleeping through math class...an A-frame laid over on its leftmost side. Might be a bit uncomfortable, but it would work... Member ANA - EAC - TNA - SSDC - CCT #890 "Most of the things worth doing in the world had been declared impossible before they were done." -- Louis D. Brandeis |
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Given that it lines up perfectly with the artwork (that is, the side strokes of the "A" stop exactly at the chin and neck-line of the portrait) I would assume that it is someone's effort at "improving" the portrait, rather than merely carving a letter "A". It reminds me of the POW "trench art" coins from the Boer War, where bored prisoners carved new details onto coins to give President Kruger a top hat and pipe, or Queen Victoria a shawl. Perhaps they were trying to make it look like Ms Liberty was wearing a high starched collar?
Is there something else scratched onto the coin in between the eye and the "E"?
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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Bedrock of the Community
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What is the MM on your Morgan.
Hope someone didn't damage an expensive coin.
Those triangles above the eye are from taking a hit.
Edited by JimmyD
08/29/2018 5:38 pm
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Pillar of the Community
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I think with those additional scratches, it was someone with too much time on their hands. The triangles are much more elegant than the usual graffiti, though.
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Zurie, your probably right about the additional scratches. And the triangles are so elegant. Everytime I look at the pictures I love this coin even more. Her expression seems so intense esp. with the additional marks. Hmmm just wish there was a way to find out what her story was : )
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Bag mark by the eye and the rest is just plain ol graffiti. Someone with too much time on their hands.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Please see my 1st post with the picture of the geometric triangle I'm talking about
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like someone trying to scratch their initials on the coin. Maybe A P A TPG would give it details/graffiti designation. Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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This is the original picture and shape I'm talking about  |
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Pillar of the Community
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Just damage, nothing more really. Still worth melt value.
Oregon coin geek.....*** GO BEAVS ! ! ! ***
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Was your grandfather a Freemason? Mine was but he never really talked about it much. I thought it might have had something to do with that.
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