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Vander1980 New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 12/12/2020 11:54 am As you can see this is a 1879 silver Morgan dollar at has some weird stamp on liberty's face I don't know what this means I was seeing if anybody else had some information on it thank you. Report this Post to the Staff

Zurie Pillar of the Community United States 5668 Posts	Posted 12/12/2020 12:05 pm It's a small counterstamp, applied after the coin was minted. Report this Post to the Staff
Keith67 Pillar of the Community United States 6535 Posts	Posted 12/12/2020 12:14 pm PMD Report this Post to the Staff
Earle42 Bedrock of the Community United States 10034 Posts	Posted 12/12/2020 12:48 pm No added value, in fact a lot of collectors consider this damage. There are some who collect counterstamps though. But don't quit your day job. How much squash could a Sasquatch squash if a Sasquatch would squash squash? Download and read: Grading the graders Costly TPG ineptitude and No FG Kennedy halves https://ln5.sync.com/dl/7ca91bdd0/w...i3b-rbj9fir2 Report this Post to the Staff
Coinfrog Bedrock of the Community United States 94367 Posts	Posted 12/12/2020 12:56 pm to the CCF! Report this Post to the Staff
suipakpaikungfu Pillar of the Community United States 992 Posts	Posted 12/12/2020 2:03 pm Yep, counterstamp. IMO, in this case, will hurt value. Report this Post to the Staff
Vander1980 New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 12/23/2020 04:24 am Thank you for all your replies they were most helpful I don't know why someone would want to stamp over such a beautiful face lol. Report this Post to the Staff
Vander1980 New Member United States 18 Posts	Posted 12/23/2020 04:25 am Also it may have been cleaned idk just to shiny is why I think this. Report this Post to the Staff
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