Morgan Dollars-Real or Fake
Mraskbal
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I recently inherited a couple of Morgan silver dollar albums and started going through them and weighing them, i don't know much about them and am wondering about some of these weights. I do know that they are suppose to weigh around 26.7 grams, is there tolerances for age & wear?
1879-o 25.70 grams. 1900-o. 26.16 grams
1891-o 26.13. 1902. 26.32
1891-cc 25.32 (worn) 1902-s. 26.00
1889-o 25.97. 1903-s. 26.25
1888. 26.21. 1904-s. 26.16
1896-s 26.36
1899. 26.48
1899-s. 26.51
1900-s. 26.25
Are these OK?, Suspicious or Fake.
Thanks so much for your input it will really help me understand what I have here.
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Greenstang
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The actual weight of Morgan’s is 26.73g,
The weights that you listed even with the +- of .097 for Morgan’s taken into account are light. The weight should be between 26.63 and 26.83.
This points towards them being counterfeit. Take a photo of each side of a couple of them for us to look at them to confirm.0 -
Greenstang
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The minimum weight with the tolerance for a Morgan iis 26.63g.
All of your Morgan’s are under that.0
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The last Morgan you posted was a fake. So......
Here's a few pictures
Yes, but that one was 24.42 grams, these were all over 26 grams and I was sure. Sorry if I bothered you
Wasn't sure
It is no bother at all.
That is the point of this forum is to try to answer questions.
If you have any other questions, don’t hesitate to ask.
The ones you pictured above with the red background look real to me, just worn and/or polished
Collector, occasional seller