1885 p - good - no good? POLL

LanceNewmanOCC

DollarAfterDollar

Don't recognise that Mint mark at all. At least that part's fake IMO. Notice the machine doubling?

winky

Just junk.

GoldCoin98

I vote fake

Stuart

Appears to be a very crudely manufactured porous planchet likely cast fake (probably of Chinese origin).

The date and mintmark are both wrong and are not genuine.

I wonder why someone would take the time to make a counterfeit common date 1885-O Morgan Dollar, unless they're trying to pass some type of non-precious pot metal for silver.

BillJones

No answer really fits. The thing is a piece of crap, the the "usually" does not apply to the 19th century U.S. Mint system.

TopographicOceans

I voted for option 5

morgandollar1878

That is a terrible looking fake. I voted spaghetti-o, but was thinking also maybe a hula-hoop for a flea.

ricko

Obvious fake..... Cheers, RickO

seanq

Obvious fake but I still find it very interesting. It looks like there is a Class II doubled die onthe obverse with multiple notched serifs toward the rim on PLURIBUS. It also looks like a minor class V doubled die reverse with a pivot around K-2 and counterclockwise rotation on ONE DOLAR and UNITED. I bet that would be a fun one to study in the hand.


Sean Reynolds

LanceNewmanOCC

<< <i>Obvious fake but I still find it very interesting. It looks like there is a Class II doubled die onthe obverse with multiple notched serifs toward the rim on PLURIBUS. It also looks like a minor class V doubled die reverse with a pivot around K-2 and counterclockwise rotation on ONE DOLAR and UNITED. I bet that would be a fun one to study in the hand.


Sean Reynolds >>



glad someone else notice and commented.

ive seen cracks, breaks, polishing, clashing, doubling, collar clashing, tilted collars, die incest (sometimes across type lol) and more on modern fakes and im sure there is more that ive not seen.

for those of you not familiar with what i just stated, TAKE NOTE!
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asheland

Looks great!

lkeigwin

Fake, of course. And the poll is too puerile.
Lance.

AUandAG

waiting for someone else to chime in, reverse of '21??

lol

bob

DennisH

On a fake quality scale of 1-10 I give that a 2, because I have to leave room for the chance that something even worse is out there.

RichieURich

This coin is clearly not genuine for all of the reasons stated earlier.

LanceNewmanOCC

<< <i>On a fake quality scale of 1-10 I give that a 2, because I have to leave room for the chance that something even worse is out there. >>



that is a good idea as i have images of worse.
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