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1879 O Morgan Dollar Gold Tone Color

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 Posted 04/26/2019  12:45 pm Show Profile   Bookmark this topic Add lilybee888 to your friends list Get a Link to this Message Number of Subscribers
Does anyone know why this coin has a gold tone. Every 1879 ) Morgan dollar coin I have seen shows that it should be a silver color. Could the material be made of something else? Does anyone know if this coin has value?
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 Posted 04/26/2019  1:07 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Jadey to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
It looks like a normal toned coin to me. Exposed to the environment, coins will develop a toning. Here is a link to an article about toned Morgans.

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You know, color is an obvious way to tell if a Morgan dollar is NT. That goes without saying. The typical color progression for bag toned Morgan dollars is: Peach/Orange --> Powder Blue --> Bright Yellow --> Magenta --> Royal Blue --> Emerald Green --> Burgundy (darker magenta) --> Deep Teal --> Plum --> Charcoal. Doug Kurz has also developed a color chart denoting the color progression of a silver-sulfide thin film interference. This chart is more advanced than my above color progression gradient and will help you determine if those really WILD Morgans that may be suspect to you might in-fact be AT.
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 Posted 04/26/2019  1:12 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add Coinfrog to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Agree. Just due to some unknown environmental exposure.



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To the Forum.


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Just due to some unknown environmental exposure.


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I have several Canadian Silver coins that have just turned gold on one side.
Probably stored flat somewhere that just the one side was exposed.
Certainly not uncommon
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Agree - normal tone with some sort of cool/strange exposure.
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Just normal toning.
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