Hob-O Morgan walked into my bar
DrBuster
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Buddy of mine got this in his xmas stocking. Anybody know anything about this or seen a similar one? Trying to figure out the date since it’s an O, any tells???
Sorry for the bad bar phone camera pics.
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And, is it a real Morgan he asked. I said real.
It is a neat piece, but not made from a genuine Morgan Dollar or even silver.
Looks like a modern non-silver Chinese manufacture.
The supposedly-carved obverse was struck that way, not carved after the strike.
You can tell because it has "cartwheel" mint luster that formed when struck, but that luster would not remain if carved.
He did have it acid tested, he’s a jeweler (sales). It’s silver. Feels just like the pocket pieces I have in pocket, rings true, non magnetic.
To add, he doesn’t care if it was carved or lasered or whatever, modern or not. It got him trying to figure out what O year it could be, if it is modern made, and what the 1936 date signifies (if anything). Same here really, something to do over some beers, ha!
To further add, he took it to his coin guy and he thought it was a real Morgan.
Agree with Dan. This coin was struck with copy dies made from a real carved Morgan dollar. Neat coin but it never saw the inside of a US Mint. The eagle or reverse side looks like the counterfeits coming out of China. It may be made from silver or may be heavily silver plated to pass the acid test.
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If he got it in his Christmas stocking...............I'm betting it was made by elves at the North Pole
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Ha, I think we found the same one online, and, his wife came in and showed us where she got it and totally killed our little research project...boooooooo, ha!
Supposedly real coin, cad machine made, where the date is actually the design # they program in. wish dot com. First I’ve heard of it.....?
Elves totally, ha! I got artist/numismatic intrigued with this one.
Very neat coin. Great art work and design for the obverse. A much better Christmas gift than the new underwear that I got for Christmas.
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"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
That is a nice design... and glad the mystery is solved. Tried to google it...got a big ad page wanting my contact info...deleted it. Cheers, RickO
A lot of CF products sold from that website.
Buyer beware.
The 1936 date might be an artifact of the modern hobo nickel design - 1936 Buffs are commonly used by modern carvers. The design could have been enlarged to use on the "dollar".
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