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D Pillar of the Community Canada 899 Posts	Posted 01/12/2015 5:21 pm Have this medal I assume from Spain with Carolus 111 as the obverse and the reverse has two US eagles and US Bicentennial. Under the bust is what looks like AA, the date of 1776 appears to over another date and on the first 7 the number 8 looks to be stamped on top and the sides sheared off and the same on the 2nd 7 with the number 6. Reverse has 2 eagles and faint lettering of other words. Looks like some one really went to work on this one. My question is: "Does any one know what this medal may have started out as before being modified?" Report this Post to the Staff

Scropper CCF Sponsor United States 702 Posts	Posted 01/12/2015 5:32 pm Could just be your pictures, but it looks like white metal. I'd say it was a fake Morgan before somebody stamped an 8 reals obverse and a fantasy reverse over it. Is it silver? Does it pass the magnet test? Any other ideas?... Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16826 Posts	Posted 01/12/2015 6:03 pm Quote: ...I'd say it was a fake Morgan... It seems to me highly likely that it was a perfectly genuine 1896 Morgan dollar before someone overstruck it. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
philadelphian Pillar of the Community United States 3253 Posts	Posted 01/12/2015 6:30 pm Here's another of these fantasy bicentennial medals. Looks also to be a Morgan overstrike. Edited by philadelphian 01/12/2015 6:32 pm Report this Post to the Staff
D Pillar of the Community Canada 899 Posts	Posted 01/12/2015 7:45 pm Thanks to all as you all nailed it..... Yes it is silver and now that you mentioned it and with the other example shown I see where it is a morgan 1896 dollar made into a fantasy bicentennial... Thanks again guys..... Report this Post to the Staff
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