A New Forum Member has a Question!
sunshine777
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Hello! My name is Joseph Nemec, and I’ve been an avid coin collector for the past two years. I have been reading these forums for the past several weeks and have found them to be very informative and enjoyable, so to better improve my experience and be able to actually participate in questioning and answering with the knowledgeable people I have been watching day by day, I decided to join.
Just a few days ago, while searching through a silver dollar stash I purchased, I stumbled upon a very unusual Morgan Dollar (pictured below) with the reverse’s “O” showing that it was struck by the New Orleans mint. The date almost looks like “1801”, with the “0” having a very strange look to it. Being that Morgan Dollars were only minted from 1878 through 1904 and then again in 1921, allows the coin to be either an 1881 or an 1891. Could this be a rare error, a worthless mutilated piece, or just a result of circulation’s wear? If you have any ideas on how the coin got to look like this I would be most grateful if you would post your thoughts on it. Thanks in advance for any help you might have to offer! I look forward to becoming an active member in these forums and appreciate those who spend their time helping to solve the problems of others.
Just a few days ago, while searching through a silver dollar stash I purchased, I stumbled upon a very unusual Morgan Dollar (pictured below) with the reverse’s “O” showing that it was struck by the New Orleans mint. The date almost looks like “1801”, with the “0” having a very strange look to it. Being that Morgan Dollars were only minted from 1878 through 1904 and then again in 1921, allows the coin to be either an 1881 or an 1891. Could this be a rare error, a worthless mutilated piece, or just a result of circulation’s wear? If you have any ideas on how the coin got to look like this I would be most grateful if you would post your thoughts on it. Thanks in advance for any help you might have to offer! I look forward to becoming an active member in these forums and appreciate those who spend their time helping to solve the problems of others.
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Edited to say: Welcome to the Forum
John
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I don't think you have a high dollar item though.
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Welcome to the boards!
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Concur with those saying it looks like a damaged or mutilated 9
Welcome to the boards! There's a lot of highly knowledgeable numismatic minds to draw from here!
But I'm not one of them!
Enjoy!!
Great transactions with oih82w8, JasonGaming, Moose1913.
it looks like an 1891 that received a nice ding at the date. open your PM function and send a message to "gilbert" or "dog97" since they are both pretty good with Morgans and "gilbert" can help more with VAM's.
oh yeah, quit looking over our shoulder and join in the fun!!!
al h.
Looks like a 1891 to me, with the 9 being squashed so looking like a 0.
BTW, since you 've been lurking around here long enough, did you enjoy the occasional flame wars also?