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1887 S Morgan . You Just Can't Unpolish A Coin . #273

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So I know that this is a details coin, but here's the story.

I won this in an ebay auction about a year and a half ago. The pictures were taken deceptively and didn't show that the coin had been polished. But since an 87 S is a bit better than common, and I got it for less than $30, I decided to keep it as a pocket Morgan to see if it would "UN Polish".

And before any of you say that I'm trying to "doctor the finish on a coin", just remember that about every coin ever minted has been carried around in somebody's pocket.

Well it's been in my pocket for over a year along with other coins, keys, the occasional nut and bolt, and any other thing that found it's way into my left pocket. After a year it still looks as polished as the day I got it so I suspect I need to carry it around for many more years before I see an improvement, of course by then it also might devolve from around AU-50 to perhaps XF-40.
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Solid EF sharpness, doesn't look half bad here, but a details coin if you say so.
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Looks good from the first 2 pics, but the 3rd pic of each definitely shows the altered surfaces.

For $30 I'd say you can't lose in keeping it a pocket piece and see what happens
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