Whats up with THIS Morgan???

MrLee

Some one I know asked about this Morgan he bought. It has an "X" by the date that is RAISED. Any ideas? It is not a scratch on the coin.

jbsteven

very cool

BAJJERFAN

Looks like flashing on the planchet before it was struck. I have a 80-cc with a raised metal flashing like that.

MrLee

<< <i>Looks like flashing on the planchet before it was struck. I have a 80-cc with a raised metal flashing like that. >>



Can you elaborate on what "flashing" is and what would have caused it?

BAJJERFAN

When metal is stamped out as the planchets are there is sometimes burrs or other edges which must be removed. When plastics are molded in forms the excess around the edges is called flash or flashing and must be trimmed off. I expect that some stray flashes of metal were somehow carried onto the planchet of raw silver stock. Or it could have been an imperfection that was never removed when the silver stock was rolled flat.

darktone

This coin is damaged. It is scratched and the displaced metal is raised. I would call this graffiti. mike

jbsteven

darktone

I cannot say for certain what this is but maybe someone else has an opinion. Personally I think since it is raised it was caused in the minting process somehow, provided the raised metal has not applied after minting.


opinions?

darktone

JB- I have seen this before and I even bought one as I thought it was some kind if strike-thru error. It's pretty easy to tell the horizontal mark was made first as the vertical mark breaks the horizontal line on either side of it. Each line is actualy made from two cuts into the coin while raising the metal to form one line. I hope this helps. mike

BAJJERFAN

It looks like little slivers of metal that got on the planchet before it was struck. Now that I think about it I have 2 or 3 coins similar to that and you can plainly see that the image was struck over the little slivers of metal. One of these centuries I will get hip and get a digital camera and hopefully be able to post some pix.

Wolf359

If both lines are truly raised w/o disturbance to nearby metal could be a die gouge? That's where a mint employer was working on the die in question and tool marks were left on the die. When the coin was struck, because dies are a mirror image the coin actually gets extra metal. About the limit of my understanding anyway.

Conder101

Mutilated coin. If you cut into the coin at a shallow angle it is possible to creat a raised mound on the top half of the cut. I have seen many of these "raised X" coins. They are usually promoted as being from canceled dies but a carefule examination of the edges of the X will usually show the cuts.

Rampage

Maybe counterstamped?

mrfred

Looks like a suture.