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New Member
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I've had this Morgan dollar for I don't know how long. It just seemed like an otherwise nice coin with an ugly dent in it, so I never really examined it before. As you can see from the last photo, the dent is about 10 mm wide and 1.5 mm deep. Whatever struck the coin appears to have done so at an angle, and left a ring-shaped depression at the center of the dent. On the obverse, the dent has been worn down almost flush with the hair. As someone who has been known to hit metal hard with a hammer and other steel tools, this looks to me like the result of one very hard blow by something soft enough not to smear the detail in the feathers. Sounds like lead to me. I'm not a gun guy, and I'm really not familiar at all with turn of the century ammo. Love to hear what everybody thinks.     |
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Pillar of the Community
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Highly, highly doubt it. Even a .22 would leave a much larger dent. Coins are tough, and can stop bullets (under certain circumstances) but even small calibur rounds with low energy would do more. Plus, the impact is too perfectly shaped. If there was a bullet impact, the point of contact would more likely than not be less circular and more indented. More likely a failed counterstamping
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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 It looks more like it was hammered with something. In Memory of Crazyb0 12-26-1951 to 7-27-2020
In Memory of Tootallious 3-31-1964 to 4-15-2020
In Memory of T-BOP 10-12-1949 to 1-19-2024
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Could have been a pellet gun. Know way to really ever know  |
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Th flat spot on the obv suggests that this coin was resting on something solid when the rev was impacted. That alone doesn't rule out a bullet, but think it does suggest a hammer.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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I'd guess a hammer as well.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Still trying to figure out what the 4th photo is? Coin cut in half  |
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United States
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An overlay is blocking the light to show the depression.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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New Member
 United States
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Ok, well maybe this was the silver dollar that Annie Oakley missed, she got mad and hit it with a hammer.
Can't really blame me for wishing this poor beat up coin had a more colorful past!
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New Member
United States
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And yes, picture #4 shows a translucent plastic ruler laying across the center of the dent to show depth.
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Pillar of the Community
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Quote:Does Anybody Else Think This Morgan dollar Was Hit By A Bullet? Not if it was a 45Cal. |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Might have been a 300 Winchester Magnum from a bout 10 miles away.  Or a hammer |
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Valued Member
United States
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Probably a souvenir from one of Annie Oakley's shootin' exhibitions!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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A very small meteorite.....
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Posted 08/07/2020 01:07 am
