So is this just a worn out CC?

bsshog40

I've had this old worn 1878cc Morgan for a while. I'm just curious to the mintmark. Worn out or something interesting?
Thanks, Bobby

dsessom

@bsshog40 I have one similar to yours that I carry as a pocket piece for conversation sometimes. I don't have it on me today or I'd post a photo, but to answer your question, yes, it looks like a genuine '78 Carson City.

Edit - I will try to post a photo of mine later this evening when I get home.

AUandAG

Perfectly normal 78cc to my eyes....commerce used and pocket carried.
Nice,
bob

jesbroken

Never collected these and therefore, have no books. How many mm locations were their? Bobby's appears to be level and all on CoinFacts are tilted with the 2nd C higher than the left. Just curious.
Jim

coinbuf

Maybe a VAM-4, close CC, but you would need to check and see if you can find any of the other pup's. The only doubled CC listed at VAMWORLD is a wide CC which yours is not.

lilolme

http://www.vamworld.com/wiki/1878-CC_Reverses

privatecoin

Another interesting one on how much the reverse wore out compared to the obverse.

jesbroken

@lilolme
Thank you. Didn't think of looking there. So, does this mean there is a medium spaced CC and a wide spaced CC?
Jim

lilolme

@jesbroken said:
@lilolme
Thank you. Didn't think of looking there. So, does this mean there is a medium spaced CC and a wide spaced CC?
Jim

The VAM and Overton stuff can get involved and I have not studied it. A casual observer I like to say. But the link has a closely spaced, medium spaced, widely spaced and very widely spaced. Sooooo.....

bsshog40

@coinbuf said:
Maybe a VAM-4, close CC, but you would need to check and see if you can find any of the other pup's. The only doubled CC listed at VAMWORLD is a wide CC which yours is not.

Not seeing any of the markers.
Thanks

ifthevamzarockin

It looks like a genuine CC with circulation/wear on the mint mark.

CaptHenway

My first CC was a low grade 1878-cc that I bought for $2 back in the mid-1960's.

dsessom

@bsshog40 here is mine for comparison. Looks pretty much the same.

oih82w8

I can imagine the OP dollar was slid down many saloon bar tops in its earlier days...face up, which may have prompted the accelerated wear on the reverse.

Cool nevertheless!

bsshog40

@dsessom said:
@bsshog40 here is mine for comparison. Looks pretty much the same.

Yes it does. Thank you!

ricko

It looks authentic to me... Just worn, doing what it was intended to do... commerce circulation. I did the CC Morgan series twenty some years ago.... fun project. Cheers, RickO

golden

My first CC $1 was an 1878 in Unc. that my father bought me in the early 1960's for $4.50! I should have kept that coin.

Omegaraptor

Looks nice. I tend to like the 78-CC Morgan as a date/mm because the 78-CC actually saw quite a bit of circulation.