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New Member
Canada
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So Iv'e recently purchased a Morgan dollar from 1890. It's in fair condition, and passes the tests like so: -Now, my scale is not a coin scale, and rounds grams to having no decimal point, so I converted the weight of a Morgan(26.73g) to ounces, which comes in at 0.94287, and when I weigh it, it comes in at 0.95oz, which is about 26.78g in the least. Tell me if this is a reasonable margin of error. -It IS silver, as it passes my favourite silver test, the ice cube test. Also has the silver "ring". -Its diameter is about 37.9 mm, when it should be 38.1, tell me if this is ok. Pics:     So tell me what you think! Edited by shoopdawhoop100
12/27/2013 12:17 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Slight variations of weight/diameter are expected in circulated Morgan dollars. Is your scale accurate? Is the coin attracted to a magnet? Based on the images the coin looks genuine, although the color is a bit odd. |
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New Member
 Canada
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It isn't attracted to a magnet. You may be right about the scale, as it's meant for cooking. The colour is due to bad lighting and an odd angle. Here is some better pictures.   |
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1796 Posts |
If it passes all of those tests, it's most likely genuine.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1748 Posts |
Looks genuine, but polished. Hope you didn't pay a ton of money for it.
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New Member
Canada
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The coin looks less shiny than in the picture. Once again, I`m not very good at taking pictures from a good angle. Besides, even if it is polished a bit I don`t mind, I just want to know if it`s real.
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Rest in Peace
United States
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The date looks good to me. The chinese counterfeits tend to be a bit "cartoonish" and this one is not.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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not fake completely genuine
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New Member
Canada
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Thanks for all the help. What do you think this would grade?
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Posted 12/27/2013 1:23 pm
