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Real CC Morgan Silver Dollar?

I am not sure if real?? The color gold coming through the silver is what? Correct weight and passes magnet test. Thanks

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  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    Just toning. Looks legit

  • Insider2Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

    The coin is a counterfeit. Note how "fatty the letters are."

  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    @Insider2 said:
    The coin is a counterfeit. Note how "fatty the letters are."

    Well, I just lost money....I'm still learning.

  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited September 24, 2018 1:41PM

    look in the corner of the wing and neck, does it have a gap? its not real

    for what it is worth it is not the worse I have seen. If you look at the UN you also will see some lump balls slightly raised but the most significant is the edge teeth are off. I am no expert either and I would say most have been past at least one.

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  • shinywhiteshinywhite Posts: 346 ✭✭✭

    Is this made of silver as well?

  • Thanks for all the input! These photos are from an ebay auction I was looking into by a seller who doesn't specialize in selling coins so was hoping for a deal on my first CC (very new to numismatics). Sounds like a solid pass then.

  • david3142david3142 Posts: 3,388 ✭✭✭✭✭

    An 1879-CC in that condition would be north of $1000. You are extremely unlikely to find a “deal” on one. Also, anyone holding the coin like that and referring to a magnet test should not be trusted.

  • ChrisH821ChrisH821 Posts: 6,293 ✭✭✭✭✭

    If you bought on ebay you should be able to get your money back. To me it doesn't look like silver either.

    Collector, occasional seller

  • MoneyMonkey1MoneyMonkey1 Posts: 104 ✭✭✭

    Plated brass?

  • JBKJBK Posts: 14,643 ✭✭✭✭✭

    As a contemporary counterfeit it has some degree of value, but no where near a legit one.

    Agree that seller's reference to a magnet test is a bit suspicious. What person not involved in coins would check with a magnet? Steel fakes from China are a newer invention...

  • Namvet69Namvet69 Posts: 8,625 ✭✭✭✭✭

    You can do better, go to a local coin shop, see and learn about real Morgans. Peace Roy

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