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So, I have this very shinny (reflective) 1879 Morgan silver dollar. But, the Reflective coating is gone over the date and some of the stars around the surface. Any thoughts?    *** Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. ***Edited by passthepuck
08/20/2018 1:51 pm
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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It may have been plated at some point, and now it is wearing off. Do you have a picture of the whole coin? That might help determine what is going on.
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Bedrock of the Community
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It looks like it has been cleaned at some point of its lifetime.
Errers and Varietys.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Cleaned is an understatement.
Scoured is much closer to the truth.
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Pillar of the Community
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AU-53 Details, harshly cleaned and damaged
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Bedrock of the Community
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passthepuck - The reverse looks natural, and is what the obverse probably looked like at some point before someone tried to "improve" it.  to the CCF! |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Lower grade than that. Note the breast feathers are missing. Also the coin was altered with plating. Pretty much a melt coin in my estimation. If sent it to be graded it would probably get a genuine coin slab. No mention of grading because of the alteration of the coin.
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Pillar of the Community
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Looks like one of those fake Morgans passed in Korea during the war in the early 1950's.
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A Morgan dollar is considered a Classic coin, so I moved your post to the appropriate section for the proper attention.  |
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Posted 08/20/2018 1:54 pm
