I bought a cheap morgan today

USMoneylover

I picked up this coin today at my local B&M. My pictures don't show the peripheral colors very well....I thought the white streak through the hair on the forehead was pretty neat. Figured I couldn't go wrong for 30$!

magikbilly

Hi,

hard to tell from the images but it appears it may once have been cleaned? IDK, it looks more dull the the tone would account for?

Eric

hammered54

really ? cleaned ??. .........is that always the first thing someone has to say?.... oh! it sure looks like a old time cleaning on that one.....

TwoSides2aCoin

For the money you can't go wrong. You got real money

braddick

Struck out of alignment just a bit.
Nice!
I know it can't be, but sure looks like a proof, kinda, sorta.

fastfreddie

Looks nice for $30! Is that you 500th post give away?

USMoneylover

I agree, it is struck out of alignment. It does possibly look like it could be PL, but I am no Morgan expert Here is another set of pics with my little P&S camera backed up a bit and my lighting angle changed, still doesn't show it all off, but a little different look anyway. As for being cleaned, I don't see any hairlines with my 5 or 10x glass.

magikbilly

"really ? cleaned ??. .........is that always the first thing someone has to say?.... oh! it sure looks like a old time cleaning on that one....." - hammered54

Well, you can never tell - sometimes someone goes off topic completely....

Thanks for the new pics OP


Eric

Pokermandude

Looks like secondary toning to me, especially in the new pics. Not necessarily cleaned/damaged by a past cleaning, but it certainly looks like someone tried to improve it at one point. Maybe a dip that wasn't rinsed well enough?

Justlooking

I'd buy that for $30. Cool pickup.

DorkGirl

$30 is a great price for a nice looking Morgan!

al410

I like the looks of that coin and for $30.00 you couldn't got wrong.
AL

cheezhed

That coin has a lot going for it for $30.

Well done.

ricko

$30 for a Morgan is a good buy.... too tarnished for me though. Cheers, RickO

SamByrd

I wonder if the coin lived in a leather wallet or purse for a long period of time. Nice coin.

DRUNNER

My initial thought was the same as Pat's on the proof, but I realize after the second pix it might have just been photo effects. Still, a coin I'd grab all day long for $30, which is the point of your post and well-taken. We'll never know the history of the coin but I like the crust no matter how it was formed.

Well done on the pick-up.

Drunner

relicsncoins

Not bad.....I bet it has some nice blues in that toning when you tilt it a bit.

USMoneylover

Thanks for the kind words...I snapped one more set of pics with the coin on a bit of a tilt, which shows off some more of the colors. Some of them change depending on the direction I tilt it, but this will be my last effort! The yellow tones in the hair is pretty nifty too!

TwoSides2aCoin

Even if the coin is not appreciated for it's eye appeal, or cost... it's got a better chance of appreciating over time both in eye appeal and in value just being left alone.