Why Does This Dollar Coin Have No Denomination?

Because it's not a coin, it's a silver round, bullion value only. Just happens to use the Peace dollar obverse.

There's a lot of these copies or quasi-copies floating around ebay. They properly should be listed as "copies" or "reproductions" in their titles and descriptions, but they get around (or ignore) ebay rules by labelling them as "commemoratives", "proofs", or "tributes". They're a waste of bandwidth, space, and time - especially the latter if they aren't properly titled and I click onto one only to learn it's a dud.

Fred

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Originally posted by laxmaster92

As others said. its a reproduction of a coin. Ive seen them in Morgans, Mercury dimes, and Roosevelt dimes. Most of the time they are made of silver.

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Unless of course its one like this one !!! that is plated !!

These type of coins need to be looked at very closely,, If they do not give a silver weight they are more than likely plated and not worth anywhere close to bullion value !!

If you read the word Mils. this os refering to a plated piece of junk !!

Rick

Here's a perfect example of a reproduction 1889-CC which is plated 100 mils of silver over some base metal.

http://cgi.ebay.com/1889-CC-Carson-...in_W0QQitemZ110023178422QQihZ001QQcategoryZ39465QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Watch out when they use gold bewteen ** and 24 Karat in the description

http://cgi.ebay.de/GOLD-US-State-Qu...DE_W0QQitemZ170019918365QQihZ007QQcategoryZ42727QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I just got about 10 coupon advertisements from a company on reproductions. I guess that's what happens when you order something from them.

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Originally posted by Snooba

These aren't even bullion? It is just a veneer of silver? Oh my!
I wonder if any of the poor people who buy these realise that?
That is just terrible!

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Susan is right - the seller coins4collection has only recently begun listing them with "reproduction" in the title and text. Unless a potential buyer knows what "100 mil pure silver proof" is and means, and has more than superficial knowledge of Morgans (or other coins which have been copied), s/he is likely to think these are originals or, at the least, solid silver coins. Evidently enough bought them to keep the seller in business.

The unfortunate situation is that many or most of the buyers won't realize that these are fakes (and cheap fakes to boot) until they try to sell them down the road or show them off to knowledgeable collectors. Even worse is if such fakes are purchased as investments for their families, get into legacy status, become part of an estate, and the heirs think they've inherited a small fortune only to learn it's worthless. This fries my corker, but enough venting for now.

Fred

"None are so blind as those who will not see." (Isaiah, Jeremiah, Matthew Henry, Jonathan Swift and a number of others.)