Take A Look At This "morgan?"

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Yokozuna Pillar of the Community United States 4618 Posts	Posted 05/27/2011 8:20 pm I was clicking around and found this ad for: Possible 1906 San Francisco Earthquake Relic...Morgan Dollar Caught In A Blazing Fire. Only $85. See it here: http://www.etsy.com/listing/7207385...acet=vintage ANA ID: 3203813 - CONECA ID: N-5637 Clean a coin that may be worth collecting? Please DON'T! When in doubt, leave it dirty!! Report this Post to the Staff

afclassic87 Pillar of the Community United States 564 Posts	Posted 05/27/2011 8:58 pm It sure is cool. Too bad they can't prove it. Report this Post to the Staff
Funny Money Valued Member United States 424 Posts	Posted 05/27/2011 9:01 pm Cool....err... I mean hot! Report this Post to the Staff
southsav Pillar of the Community 2224 Posts	Posted 05/27/2011 9:39 pm For $85 I'll pass. Interesting coffee table or bourse conversation piece. Report this Post to the Staff
Lee8775 Valued Member United States 54 Posts	Posted 05/27/2011 9:47 pm If it could be authenticated in some way it would be very valuable. But I see no indication that is even a Morgan, so I would have to pass as well. But a cool piece. Report this Post to the Staff
SilverQueen New Member United States 14 Posts	Posted 05/27/2011 10:13 pm I am inclined to believe it is a silver dollar because if you look at the side view, you can tell that it was at one time a coin. The size and weight put it at a silver dollar, but you can't authenticate that it happened during the San Francisco earthquake. But I would definitely agree that it was a silver dollar at one time. It can also be determined to be 90/10 silver by a professional. I would also think that someone could also authenticate whether or not silver coins can react this way under intense heat. Maybe I'll put it on my watch list. Report this Post to the Staff
Bryan1315 Bedrock of the Community United States 14454 Posts	Posted 05/28/2011 12:25 am well I think severe heat would cause something that looks like this as I have seen coins that were in a house fire with similar bubbling type fields but on them you could tell denomination and series so this must have been a hotter fire than the one I saw a coin from Report this Post to the Staff
Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 05/28/2011 01:18 am I'll bet it was (still is slightly) a spanish/mexican 8 reales. Report this Post to the Staff
Indian1 Pillar of the Community United States 3640 Posts	Posted 05/28/2011 01:20 am Actually mexico is a lot closer to California than Spain. Ergo, One Hot Tamale Report this Post to the Staff
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