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My new Morgan

boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,069 ✭✭✭✭✭
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Just got her today. Special thanks to Rick Kay.imageimage

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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    Very cool! Great pic, too. What metal composition is it?
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  • BustmanBustman Posts: 1,911 ✭
    Great design, great looking coin. Congrats!
  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,069 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is a J1593 struck in silver. The cameo contrast is as deep as any coin I have ever seen.
  • WWWWWW Posts: 2,609 ✭✭✭
    Wonderful Wonderful Wonderful
  • FatManFatMan Posts: 8,977 ✭
    Wow! I really like it.image
  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    One of the finest coins known to exist from that century - pattern or no pattern. Awesome!

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  • RKKayRKKay Posts: 3,017 ✭✭✭
    This is one of the most spectacular patterns I have ever handled, if not the most spectacular pattern. It is also always a pleasure to deal with someone as honest and nice as Mark.
    Rick Kay
    Specializing in 1854 and 1855 large FE patterns

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  • labloverlablover Posts: 3,660 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Purdy, purdy, purdy!!!
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  • littlewicherlittlewicher Posts: 1,822 ✭✭
    Wow, that's an amazing pattern!


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  • gsaguygsaguy Posts: 2,425 ✭
    Man 'o man....if there's one thing that could make me give up Morgans it would be patterns. Yikes! What a beauty!!!!

    Cool coin..........thanks for sharing.

    GSAGUY
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  • krankykranky Posts: 8,709 ✭✭✭
    Bumping a stunning coin for the day shift.

    New collectors, please educate yourself before spending money on coins; there are people who believe that using numismatic knowledge to rip the naïve is what this hobby is all about.

  • Steve27Steve27 Posts: 13,275 ✭✭✭
    Very very nice, is it the diameter of a standard quarter?
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  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,069 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Steve- Yes it is the size of a regular quarter. Makes for an interesting contrast next to a Morgan dollar. The dimes are even wilder! image
  • ZerbeZerbe Posts: 587 ✭✭
    Mark, One can tell by the posts to this thread that, Patterns are sort of unknown, and not many people realize how fantastic some of these Patterrns are, myself included. I remember you posting some equally impressive patterns before. Is this coin the same year as the others and sort of a set?? Super looking hunka silver.
  • CarlWohlforthCarlWohlforth Posts: 11,074 ✭
    B78 - Great coin! That goes very well with your Half.

    Did you say dime? Are you going to get a Morgan dime too? I don't know anything about patterns....
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  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,069 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Paul- The coins are all dated 1879 and are part of a set that I am working on.

    Carl- Here are images of the dimes that are part of the set.
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  • nwcsnwcs Posts: 13,386 ✭✭✭
    So what is the story behind these patterns? Was it Barber who kept them from being used?
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  • boiler78boiler78 Posts: 3,069 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Here is a link to an article on the uspatterns.com website that provides more info on these patterns.
    1879 patterns
  • ksteelheaderksteelheader Posts: 11,777 ✭
    Beautiful coin.................Ken
  • eagle7eagle7 Posts: 1,441
    I love those patterns and I love the FATMAN'S Flag!image
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,332 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Mark - Glad you ended up with that puppy! It found a good home. -Andy
    Andy Lustig

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