Morgan experts I have extra

ibzman350 · April 16, 2004 10:16AM

metal on my 1885 Morgan....could someone tell me what the piece of metal is by the bottom star.

K6AZ · April 16, 2004 10:19AM

What I am seeing are some die chips in star L1 and a die crack running from Liberty's neck through star L2.

ibzman350 · April 16, 2004 10:23AM

Eric, thanx

Die chips

poorguy · April 16, 2004 10:24AM

yup, that is a small die crack going tween the stars and to liberty's neck and the piece of metal looks like a die chip.

jhar · April 16, 2004 10:28AM

Die chips and die breaks are faily common on Morgans. A lot a vams mention both. Common, but still really neat to find.

ibzman350 · April 16, 2004 10:29AM

So a piece comes off the die and fuses to the coin ??

Herb

KlectorKid · April 16, 2004 10:32AM

A peice chips off and the metal fills the cracks.

K6AZ · April 16, 2004 10:33AM

Usually, a piece of the die breaks off and the "extra" metal is actually part of the planchet expanding into the missing part of the die. I can't tell on these pictures, but you also could have a strike through debris. Does the metal around the star look like part of the coin, or does it look like a piece of foreign material?

JrGMan2004 · April 16, 2004 10:47AM

Yeah, Die Chips can be cool... like in my Logan/McCloskey Federal Half Dime book, most reverse dies mention some die chip at some point in it's life, usually comes out as a filled loop of S, M, and the loops of 8 in the date...