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Belgium
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Hello. I had posted this coin before, but with bad quality photos only. Now, I have scans of this coin. What's the grade? Does it look cleaned? And, is it even authentic (scale says 27.03 g which is 0.3 grams over normal weight but apparently the tolerance is 0.39 grams?). Also, the reverse is rotated a bit, I don't think this is normal.  Thanks, TheCoinDom Edited by TheCoinDom
02/04/2018 3:24 pm
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Canada
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Hmmmm, looks suspect. The obverse looks much more worn than the reverse. Lettering looks off, especially the I in Pluribus which seems to almost touch the wheat in the hair. Also the 1 and first 8 on the date looks off. Just my opinion.
Edited by gg_cu
02/04/2018 3:48 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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My gut is saying fake.. coin just looks off
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United States
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Valued Member
 Belgium
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Thanks for answering.
Two more questions:
- Is the reverse rotation a dead giveaway that it's fake?
- And what about the 27.03 gram weight?
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Pillar of the Community
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Doesn't seem to be enough details in the eagles wing feathers. Not looking good overall.
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United States
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If the coin in hand looks like the pic you posted it is either: 1) harshly cleaned; or 2) dipped to death.
It has ZERO eye appeal.
As far as authenticity goes I cannot tell from the posted pictures.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Edited by SilverDollar2017
02/04/2018 4:17 pm
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Valued Member
Belgium
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If the coin in hand looks like the pic you posted it is either: 1) harshly cleaned; or 2) dipped to death. Yes, it looks pretty much the same in hand. That's part of why I found it suspect - the color was totally different compared to another silver dollar which I'm sure is authentic. |
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Belgium
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Quote:No. Real Morgan dollars can have a rotated die. Thanks for that information. As to the weight, could a real Morgan be 0.3 grams overweight? |
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Did you ever check to see if a magnet sticks to it?
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Valued Member
Belgium
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Did you ever check to see if a magnet sticks to it? Yes I did and it didn't stick. Though my magnet might have been too weak, it's probably not steel or another magnetic metal (steel would weigh much less I think; weight is higher than normal). Hopefully it's a fake made out of real silver, but my realistic guess is plated copper. Edited by TheCoinDom
02/04/2018 4:30 pm
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Bedrock of the Community
Australia
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Ping the coin for sound, and compare to a known genuine Morgan.
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Valued Member
Belgium
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Ping the coin for sound, and compare to a known genuine Morgan. It sounds different, it's like a duller, heavier sound. |
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United States
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It's certainly fake, and I wouldn't bet on silver.
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IN NECESSARIIS UNITAS - IN DUBIIS LIBERTAS - IN OMNIBUS CARITAS THE MAN IN THE ARENA, Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne Paris on April 23, 1910: " It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again, because there is no effort without error or shortcoming, but who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, who spends himself in a worthy cause; who, at the best, knows, in the end, the triumph of high achievement, and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who knew neither victory nor defeat." My coin website: https://fairfaxcoins.com |
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