Options
Please explain the obverse marks on this Early Dollar. Link fixed!
MGLICKER
Posts: 7,995 ✭✭✭
0
Comments
Repeated whacks with either a coin or some tool.
Do not look like adjustment marks.
<< <i>They look like bag marks to me. You see them on Morgan dollars all the time. There happens to be an abundance on this particular coin, though. >>
Yes, reeding marks from being hit by a later date coin that had reeding.
<< <i>
<< <i>They look like bag marks to me. You see them on Morgan dollars all the time. There happens to be an abundance on this particular coin, though. >>
Yes, reeding marks from being hit by a later date coin that had reeding. >>
Thank you Captain. That looks more intentional though than random bag marks. Your thoughts?
What I find more odd is the five-pointed star indent in the field above the eagle. Where did that come from? And the weakness in that area suggests a slightly bent coin as if the pounding on the obverse made the coin slightly convex on the reverse. If I had that coin raw I would try to rock it on a table top.
Latin American Collection
My Ebay Store
By that, I mean, would you turn it away?
The name is LEE!
<< <i>By that, I mean, would you turn it away? >>
No, I like the coin and was considering a purchase. Was a better deal when it sold at auction recently at under $900. Just trying to determine the cause of the marks. Have bought many graded as well as genuine holdered dollars over the years. They are classics in any condition.
<< <i>Looks intentional. Should not have graded in my opinion. >>
+1
Was it proactively damaged or was it simply neglected?
Perhaps it was put under a tire of a car stuck on ice to give the tire traction. And the baby got born at the hospital instead of on the side of the highway.
Its own noble heart beats no longer. DOA.
This is not only a total waste of a grading fees (beyond authenticity), it cheats some vision-deprived collector with Braille skills out of a good laugh or two. . . . .
BHNC #203