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Hello All, I have some morgan and Peace dollars that for whatever reason have the date completely scratched off. They weigh what they should and have also passed a silver acid test. They are in good condition otherwise, and do have varying mint marks. It is a mystery to me as to why they would have just the date scratched off. I looked for another thread on this and did not see it. The only back story I have is that they may have come from a casino. Just really curious about some opinions on why the coins may have intentionally been damaged. Thanks! enzeno |
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IMO someone probably was getting ready to put a key date on the coins.
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Hmm, interesting @enzeno. Could you post a pic? I'm wondering specifically if the dates are lightly removed (with little damage to the surrounding fields) or harshly scraped. If the former, then I agree with @kanga, but if the latter, then it seems like someone with anger issues or too much time on their hands.
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You would think if someone were trying to alter a date, they would remove only one or maybe two numbers.
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People have been defacing coins, as long as they've been around, probably a bored kid.
Edited by thecoinguy1964
01/06/2018 09:27 am
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Nobody will ever know except the person who did it.
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How about some pics, just for fun?  to the CCF! |
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Scratching the coins to test the silver didn't help either...
Really bad habit. Please break it now before you damage something worth money.
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Maybe they dug the numbers of for application elsewhere.
Possibly scratched by casino so collectors wouldn't take them.
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Possibly scratched by casino so collectors wouldn't take them. That's my guess if its a large amount |
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Hello! Thanks for all the responses! I will try to get a couple pics up today.
The scratching is very crude and done quick, I do not think that they were attempting to create key dates. Some are O marks for instance, and the entire date is scratched off. Why not leave at least the 18 in the date.
Oh and of course doing a scratch test should be avoided at all costs on coins. This was done at a customers request to be sure they were silver. These are expected to be culls or worse. I am not if anyone would be interested in buying these as coins. There are a lot of them.
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Hello All! Finally got some pictures up. As you can see in the picture, it was a crude quick job to scratch off the date.   Thanks! Charlie |
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I'm in for the casino/anti-collector hypothesis. It's faster/easier to scratch the entire date as you've shown than to leave just the "18".
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Hello All! Finally got some pictures up. As you can see in the picture, it was a crude quick job to scratch off the date. Ouch.  Quote:
I'm in for the casino/anti-collector hypothesis. It's faster/easier to scratch the entire date as you've shown than to leave just the "18". Seems to be a good explanation. |
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