Does PCGS have the final word on the micro o morgans being counterfeit?
PerryHall
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I was talking to a coin dealer who is very knowledgable concerning morgan dollars and he said he was very skeptical that these coins were counterfeit. He said he had seen several over the years and they all looked real to him. PCGS has been authenticating and slabbing these coins for almost twenty years and now they decide they are all fakes. Does anyone think that another expert in the series will step foreward and declare that these coins are authentic? I'm interested to see what NGC and ANACS has to say about these coins.
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There was another thread that listed an article by David Lange of NGC who also thinks these are counterfeits. After looking at the photos and reading the arguments I concur. These are well made and fooled the people that needed to be fooled at the time. So I am not surprised your dealer isn't convinced.
According to PCGS, the reverse used was either from an 1880-o micro or 1899-o micro. While I agree that is the mostlikely possibility, there still seems to be some variation among the mint marks. For example, look at the photos in FEY's Top 100, the 1900-o mint mark seems to be tilted differently than the 1896-o and 1902-o placement. If they are in fact counterfeits, it seems possible that more than one reverse die was used even though the transfer marks are very compelling to support the use of a single reverse die. After all, it is clear that three different obverse dies were used.
While I do not claim to be an expert at authentication... I guess I ask this question to those that are... Should there be signs of transfer marks present on the obverse of the coin? If there are, where are they?
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