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Is this a PL Morgan?

Spartcom5Spartcom5 Posts: 399 ✭✭✭
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I found this awhile back and I thought I'd post it out of curiosity. I thought it looked like a circulated PL Morgan? I am not sure as I have never owned a PL before. Any thoughts on this piece? The surface is quite reflective as shown...




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  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No, not PL. I venture it's been messed with and was AU that someone tried to enhance.

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  • VanHalenVanHalen Posts: 4,327 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Does not look PL to me either.

  • blitzdudeblitzdude Posts: 6,402 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 29, 2018 5:21AM

    PL? Nope
    Improperly cleaned? Yes

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Not a PL Morgan... it does look as if it has had some cleaning.... Cheers, RickO

  • mannie graymannie gray Posts: 7,259 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @blitzdude said:
    PL? Nope
    Improperly cleaned? Yes

    @ricko said:
    Not a PL Morgan... it does look as if it has had some cleaning.... Cheers, RickO

    @AUandAG said:
    No, not PL. I venture it's been messed with and was AU that someone tried to enhance.

    bob :)

    Yep.

  • CoinshowmanCoinshowman Posts: 148 ✭✭✭

    I see the scratches at 5 o'clock on the obverse, but what other indicators are you folks seeing that lead you to think there was improper cleaning or that it was 'messed with'. Not criticizing, just trying to learn.

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope. Scrubbed and cleaned. Slight collector value unless it's an unusual die variety. (Check Vamworld.com for 1880-S dollar varieties.)

  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,895 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Coinshowman said:
    I see the scratches at 5 o'clock on the obverse, but what other indicators are you folks seeing that lead you to think there was improper cleaning or that it was 'messed with'. Not criticizing, just trying to learn.

    Halos around the stars was all I needed to seel.

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  • BillJonesBillJones Posts: 34,685 ✭✭✭✭✭

    No. While a decent number of 1880-S silver dollars are P-L, not all of them are. This one has frost, not mirrors, around the devices and has probably been brightened up a little with some silver polish.

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  • KkathylKkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 29, 2018 10:20AM

    it looks like it may have been cleaned. you see scratches going across the bottom of the hair and the stars have a rounded off shape to them. I have to be honest when I say it looks like a fake. Look at the letter coming off the front side

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  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,776 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Between hair and stars behind the date. Harsh cleaning.

  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 29,070 ✭✭✭✭✭

    no pl. but it looks nice from here.

  • bsshog40bsshog40 Posts: 3,950 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree, no PL. I also agree might have an old cleaning. Here's a basic PL designation. You can see the difference in the fields.

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  • JimnightJimnight Posts: 10,846 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I agree with the others... it's not PL.

  • Cougar1978Cougar1978 Posts: 8,727 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope

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  • CCGGGCCGGG Posts: 1,267 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited May 30, 2018 7:41AM

    No but as others have said, it has had some cleaning.

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