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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I found this morgan in a bag of Ikes. The reverse makes me wonder if this coin is real. Especially the mint mark. The coin on the left is the one I found compared to another 1880-S out of my collection.   |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It's kind of hard to tell with the picture, but I'm not seeing anything wrong with it. Neat find in a bag of IKE's.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Awesome! Looks real to me. I have luck, but not Morgan luck!
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
623 Posts |
It's the mint mark for sure that is really bothering me. Maybe this is a different VAM variety? I am by no means a Morgan dollar expert. Here are some better shots:  Reference coin from my collection:  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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You have two very nice cartwheels! I don't see anything wrong with the coin that you are referencing. If you go to vamworld, this coin is found with a medium and large S. http://www.vamworld.com/1880-S+VAMs |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
1610 Posts |
Their probably are different die varieties of the mint marks. Well try putting a magnet to it, if it doesn't stick to it, it's probably a real one. Is there a weight difference that you feel between the two, they should both weigh 26.73g.
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Valued Member
United States
193 Posts |
Almost looks like the S on the top pic is lower than the other, bigger too. I'm no expert eithre but perhaps it was minted from a diferent die.
Still looks legit to me.
I'd say nice find in a bag of Ikes's, Wish I had that kind of luck.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
623 Posts |
I have gone through tons of bags of Ikes and trust me this is a rarity! I am lucky if I find 1-40% Ike per bag!
I did the magnet test and neither coin is magnetic. I do have a postal scale but it's only does 2 gram increments. Both coins weigh 28g per my scale.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Very likely the coin is real then, very good find  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
623 Posts |
Thanks everyone for your help!
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Pillar of the Community
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D0ubl3Eagle is right, the 80 S has two size mm, medium and large S. Here are mine: Medium S  Large S  |
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Valued Member
United States
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
Awesome find! Most importantly, how the heck are you getting bags of Ikes?
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Rest in Peace
United States
10625 Posts |
Yup, 1880 S Morgans had two different size mint marks. Nice score from a bag of Ikes! |
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Valued Member
United States
421 Posts |
Very cool find~! and yes where are you getting bags of Ikes from. Sounds like a cool new thing for me to search in. back in the early to mid 80's I used to go through 60-90 dollars of lincoln rolls to find wheat pennies. Congrats on your find. Not a bad grading coin either.
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Valued Member
United States
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Nice coin! looks real to me, one S is bigger then the other seems like
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Posted 10/29/2011 4:45 pm
