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duffy74 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/20/2011 8:13 pm Recently got an 1887O morgan from my grandmother that has a raised weird looking triangle across from liberty"s eye in the open field. Has anyone ran across a coin like this before or can provide some info. thanks Report this Post to the Staff

westcoin Pillar of the Community United States 9792 Posts	Posted 12/20/2011 9:52 pm Though the Morgan dollar series has been researched quite extensively, sounds like a possible Cud but more than likely it is post mint damage. "Buy the Book Before You Buy the Coin" - Aaron R. Feldman - "And read it" - Me 2013! ANA Life Member #3288 in good standing since 1981, ANS, Early American Coppers Member (EAC), Colonial Coin Collectors Club member (C4), Conder Token Collector Club member (CTCC), Civil War Token Society (CWTS) member, Liberty Seated Collectors Club (LSCC) & Numismatic Bibliomania Society member (NBS), USMex, Member in good standing, 2¢ variety collector. See my want page: http://goccf.com/t/140440 Report this Post to the Staff
SeatedNut Pillar of the Community United States 2797 Posts	Posted 12/21/2011 09:25 am There are also known clashes in the area just in front of the eye. Clashing occurs when the obverse and reverse dies come together at striking pressure without a planchet in between them. Report this Post to the Staff
duffy74 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/22/2011 5:49 pm Here is image. I thought post mint damage mint also but it is raised Report this Post to the Staff
SsuperDdave Moderator United States 23522 Posts	Posted 12/22/2011 7:13 pm Please don't post successive threads about the exact same topic. We have to assume that it's something which happened post-Mint, because there isn't anything in the minting process which could create such a nice, regular shape. A couple possibilities: - A triangular punch with depressed edges. That should lead to noticeable flatness on the reverse from the impact, I'd think, and the center of the triangle should be deeper than the surrounding fields. - Silver isn't a very hard metal. Human strength and a knife can displace it in this fashion - the silver you gouge from the coin forms the raised ridge, and then the process of circulation tends to flatten that ridge and cover the hole from which it came. Wouldn't be the first time this phenomenon has been observed on a Morgan. Report this Post to the Staff
duffy74 New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/22/2011 7:24 pm Ok thanks Report this Post to the Staff
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