This Morgan is SSSOOOOO flatly struck.......

RNCHSN

Have you ever seen a Morgan that was so flatly struck that you can still see the original surface marks from the planchet?

I bought one at a local auction last night. Liberty's ear is so weak that all you see is indentation in the center (aural orifice), and the lower edge of her ear. Otherwise a flat, planchet surface from the cheek to the hair, just below the cotton blossoms. The eagle's breast is non-existant! The legs are outlined, and the high points of the wings along the (non-existant) breast are flat! The neck is flat. The whole suface of the breast, legss and wing edges still show the planchet surface marks.

However, the coin is otherwise an MS-65 with nice frost and mirrors! It's an 1884-O, in case you're wondering.

I'd post scans, but I always get a message about the file being too large. Anybody have any help for that problem so I can attach a scan? I can email scans to anyone who's curious.

nwcs

Sounds kinda like a die trial strike

jonesy

Where! Where! Where's the picture.

Dog97

Not many people brag about how bad their new coin looks..........Sounds interesting though.
Send pictures to dog_xx97@errorworld.org & I'll fix them up & post them.

RNCHSN

Well, I've never been one to do things the way everyone else does....... or maybe I've been hanging around with Braddick..... but this coin has WAY too much detail for his collection! LOL! I sent the scans I have out to those who asked.

Dog97

No set up up or trial, just a weak strike.

nwcs

Yep, on seeing the pics it is a weak strike for sure.

RNCHSN

Thanks for showing the scans dog! So what do the rest of you guys think of it?

jonesy

Thanks for sharing RNCHSN!! Got my pictures by email!

coinlieutenant

What did they grade it?

Tonelover

I believe that it's really not an example of a weak strike. Rather, it's improper spacing of the dies. Same visual effect, but with the dies placed too far apart all the striking pressure in the world wouldn't bring out the full details.

K6AZ

Looks like my 80-CC, though your 84-O is a bit weaker:

RNCHSN

coinleutenant,

It is raw in a flip. If you look beyond the excessively weak strike, I'd grade it MS-65.

K6AZ,

This coin has a MUCH weaker strike than yours! Wanna trade? LOL!

K6AZ

<< <i>This coin has a MUCH weaker strike than yours! Wanna trade? LOL! >>



I think I will pass on that deal!

Seriously, that is the most flatly struck coin in my collection, even flatter than my 89-O.

The 84-O's are strange, they go from as weak as yours to fully struck. As flat as that strike is though, it won't grade higher than 63 no matter how clean the fields are.

coinman2182

get a Lexmark scanner/printer in one deals it has a great piece of software that makes the pictures small in size.

Jacob