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Post your pics of a “California Proof” Morgan, the polished business strike
Aspie_Rocco
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I randomly remembered older previous threads about this but only found one with photos. Anyone have pics?
If you did not know, business strike Philadelphia Morgans used to sometimes get polished by unscrupulous individuals and passed off as a proof coin. I was hoping to see some additional photos, and raise an old topic for modern discussion.
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These are pulled from various other archive threads, you might get some additional results searching "California cameo". The fake cameo contrast is more common denominator than the polished fields from what I can tell, but I haven't seen many with polished fields like the peace.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/1070842/fake-cameo-contrast/p1
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/976251/hmmmm-not-sure-about-the-frosting-on-these-morgans
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The California Cameos were made using some type of acid to frost the devices against polished fields. Most of the time they are easy to spot because the frost either doesn't completely cover the devices or spills into the fields creating a halo look.
Collecting in the days before tpg was a whole different ball game.