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What would cause this Morgan to look like it does?

MrSpudMrSpud Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭
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I was just poking around on e-bay and ran across an auction for this coin. What do you think caused it to look like it does? I'm guessing that it was exposed to bleach, perhaps to cover up an abrasive cleaning. I'm not accusing the auctioneer of anything, it is being sold with a statement saying it was recovered from a fire.

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  • MadMartyMadMarty Posts: 16,697 ✭✭✭
    Looks way overdipped!!
    It is not exactly cheating, I prefer to consider it creative problem solving!!!

  • Conder101Conder101 Posts: 10,536 ✭
    Looks like a fire followed by an acid dip with a considerably stronger acid that that used in a commercial dip.
  • coinman420coinman420 Posts: 4,666 ✭
    envoirmental damage?
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  • WoodenJeffersonWoodenJefferson Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭✭
    At first I thought the damage might have been caused by some sort of electrical arching but the possibilities of different chemicals released during a heated fire is also possible.

    Looks like it has been over cleaned mechanically and chemically...plus it has that fireman's axe print on the reverse.
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  • 1921obsession1921obsession Posts: 559 ✭
    I'm thinking it was a jewelry piece, and the color is from reaction with the metal of the mount or something of the sort. It's certainly been brushed pretty hard on the obverse.
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  • Dog97Dog97 Posts: 7,874 ✭✭✭
    <<<it is being sold with a statement saying it was recovered from a fire. >>>
    I'll go with that. It does look like it might have been in a fire and cleaned afterward.
    Change that we can believe in is that change which is 90% silver.
  • SunnywoodSunnywood Posts: 2,683 ✭
    BLECH !!!!! dipped, worn, cleaned, etched, burned LOL ... AWFUL !!!

    Edited to add: oh, and I forgot the large rim gouge LOL
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  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,724 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Looks like a fire followed by an acid dip with a considerably stronger acid that that used in a commercial dip. >>



    ......followed by a harsh, abraisive scrubbing. Worth melt and nothing more.

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