OPINIONS NEEDED

coinvac41

I have an 1893-s Morgan $ with VG+ details but has some graffiti scratched
in the obverse. In a recent Coin World issue I saw an ad by Allen Stockton Co.
that claims to repair damaged coins. Has anyone dealt with this firm and do you
think repair is a good idea? The graffiti appears to be several numbers, possibly
a phone number. Any other options to repair this problem? Thanks for any help
I can get. I know the answer is on this forum.

JohnZ

Is the graffiti carved into the coin, or somehow written onto it?

paigowjohnny

Never heard of the firm, but I'm betting if graffiti is carved into the coin, that no repair will make it "like new" and acceptable at the normal grade.

prooflike

After you get the graffiti fixed, give it to a coin doctor, and then submit it. Might as well do it big.

MatthewBabcock

Ouch... That girl you used to know didn't want your number after all? An expensive way to show your devotion...

I would rather have a damaged coin than one that someone tried to repair... If I somehow missed the repair job before I purchased a coin, I'd be really upset to find out later...

I realize that they only made 100k of those, but I wouldn't try to remove the scratch on the back of my 1872 Trime (mintage 1,000):




I'd keep that key coin as it is... And, if you don't want it, I can put it into my daughter's collection... With that one, she'd have one Morgan...

dorkkarl

get the coin repaired. there's a lot of paranoia about such things, but this is the kind of case where a coin doctors' services are extremely valuable.

K S

coinvac41

I guess I should have given a little more info.about this coin. I inherited it
from my grandmother, 1893 being her birth year. It was given to her by a
former beau about 1915. The scratches are not deep, and the coin should
I hope never be sold as it will be passed down to my granddauter with the
history of the repair if done. I also considered checking to see if ANACS would
slab it with the repair noted.

dorkkarl

whoa, you didn't mention that. in that case, DON'T repair, it, but don't get it slabed either.

K S

JohnZ

No repair, no slab. It's value is far more sentimental than anything else.

Shamika

Leave it the way your grandmother got it!

relayer

I don't see any reason to mess with it, especially if it is an heirloom.

coinvac41

Thanks for the input. Now I feel guilty for even considering doing anything to the coin.
I guess I will have to grit my teeth every time I look at the coin and wish I could wring
the neck of the nitwit who carved on it. #@%*.

Conder101

Just for information purposes, Stockton has been around for a fair amount of time doing coin repairs now and I believe he does have a good reputation for doing good work.

nwcs

If you do want a holder, though, both ANACS and NCS should holder it with the notation (either repaired or graffiti)