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1881 S Morgan Questions

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I picked up a bueatiful uncirculated 1881 S Morgan Friday the reverse and to a lesser extent the obverse has an almost mirror like surface on the smooth areas of the reverse. Can anyone tell me what caused this in the minting process? or direct me to more information on this coin it is stunningly bueatiful and I only paid $38 for it. Unfortunately I am unable to post an image
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This is not uncommon, especially with early San Francisco Morgans. Every new die was polished to a really fine finish, and it imparted that reflectivity to the first few (maybe as many as 100?) coins it struck. If it meets the "legal" definitions of Prooflike or Deep Mirror Prooflike, it's an added-value feature. Either way, there's no look like a big Morgan cartwheel with reflective fields.
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