1921 Morgan Dollar - mint mark error?

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• AUandAG Posts: 24,760 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 12, 2018 2:15PM

  First thought was a dropped letter. But, I see it's a Philly coin so the S mint mark is not an option. Does not match any other S on the coin so that first idea is a no go. Must be post mint damage.

  bob

  Or, maybe a new mint mark position??? lol

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• ChrisH821 Posts: 6,479 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 12, 2018 2:15PM

  Is it pressed into the coin's surface?

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• eddieb Posts: 6 ✭

  February 12, 2018 2:17PM edited February 12, 2018 2:24PM

  Hi @ChrisH821 - Yes its pressed into the coin.

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,816 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 12, 2018 2:18PM

  I can see the "S", but it does not look like a 'dropped letter' error;

  Also, there is nothing on the coin that has that size and shape S
  mintmark on it - it looks like someone punched the 'S' onto your coin.

  Your coin was minted in Philadelphia (no mintmark on reverse above the DO)

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• eddieb Posts: 6 ✭

  February 12, 2018 2:23PM edited February 12, 2018 2:24PM

  @AUandAG and @FredWeinberg... Thanks for your info. Based on what you are saying...looks like I had a nice coin at one point, until some idiot stamped a letter "s" on it, making the coin less valuable.

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• JBK Posts: 15,520 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 12, 2018 2:25PM

  Counterstamp. No known (to me) meaning,. Perhaps this was someone's way of marking their hoard?

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• FredWeinberg Posts: 5,816 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 12, 2018 2:28PM

  I'd say it's a $5-$8 negative on your coin.

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• ricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 13, 2018 10:55AM

  @eddieb....Welcome aboard... Yes, it looks like you have a counter stamped coin... This would be classified as post mint damage (PMD)... Fred Weinberg is the expert on coin errors, so you can take his input as rock solid. Cheers, RickO

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• Insider2 Posts: 14,452 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 13, 2018 10:59AM

  Might even be an S/S in the magnified image!

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• eddieb Posts: 6 ✭

  February 15, 2018 4:01PM

  @ricko said:
  @eddieb....Welcome aboard... Yes, it looks like you have a counter stamped coin... This would be classified as post mint damage (PMD)... Fred Weinberg is the expert on coin errors, so you can take his input as rock solid. Cheers, RickO

  Thanks for the welcome! I will definitely take Fred's opinion on the coin. Thanks again everyone for chiming in. Looking forward to discovering more in the forum.

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• Kkathyl Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 15, 2018 5:43PM

  At least it has some silver in it

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• BLUEJAYWAY Posts: 9,029 ✭✭✭✭✭

  February 15, 2018 6:56PM

  I thought at first it resembled an extra hair curl.

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