Strip Sticker Off Of A Morgan

There are people who collect sticker dollars. Try pressing the sticker down with a pencil eraser in the area where the mintmark would be so the sticker conforms more to the details and you may be able to tell what the mintmark is without removing the sticker. If it's a CC go ahead and remove it, if not it might be worth more to a collector with the sticker than without it.

Good suggestions all, particulalry Dave's PSA (I won't even tell you what I saw some of the 2nd & 3rd shift guys doing out in the parking lot with that stuff).

As soon as I get it I'm going to try the pencil eraser suggestion first to see where it was born - better to make an informed decision before starting the stickerectomy.

Thanks,
-John

No joy.








I'm still leaning toward removing the decal, but I'd like to hear some arguments both for and against. I will put the surgery off for 1 week while I get second opinions from the Coin Community community. All input is welcome.

Thanks,
-John

Yeah, now that I've reviewed the original pictures from the listing and can see how the sticker's oriented, the mint mark area was wide open all along.

Before I placed a bid I looked at the seller's other items and she hadn't sold any coins. If the seller had a history of selling coins, or had an ebay handle like "CCMorganDollarExpert", I probably would have assumed they had checked for that.

I'm not going to lose sleep over it, the coin is still worth close to what I paid and it's in better shape structurally than the 1889-P I have now.

Once I make a decision on whether or not to remove the decal and maybe if Ag gets up around $40/ounce I'll sell one of them on ebay.

I've been in antiques for sometime now and I learned a trick from another older-oldtimer. He told me about Zippo lighter fluid. You can use it to dissolve old glue. I've taken stickers off of leather books without damaging the leather. I've removed old taped on yard sale price tags from cardboard boxes like games and when the lighter fluid dries it leaves no stain. Goo Gone leaves a stain. I would experiment on another silver junk coin and check for discoloration or any other problems but I think it will be a safe bet. Soak the coin in the lighter fluid then flush with hot water. Obviously, no rubbing. It may have to soak for a long time to break down the glue. I read Acetone in another post. That probably would be OK too. And like mentioned above, avoid using any flush water as bong water.

I would remove the sticker and I agree with the post above. If it was bought on ebay than it likely has no premium for the sticker unless it was a unusually good price.

Give it an hour. Have a small amount ready to rinse the coin in, and a second soak to give it another hour. Pull the coin from the original soak, run it under full-pressure tap water to help drive the bits & pieces off (no need for distilled water - it won't be under the tap water long enough to matter), swish it in the rinse to drive off the tap water, and then resoak for another hour. That is likely going to be enough to finish the job, with one more run under the tap and a second rinse to remove it. At that point, you can let it evaporate dry.