Is this an 8/7 Morgan?

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• ledzep87 Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭

  July 18, 2006 9:18AM

  Where is the pic or link?

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• mcmxi Posts: 890 ✭

  July 18, 2006 9:19AM

  I hit ENTER too soon

  If I was half as smart as I am dumb Iwould be a genious

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• Coxe Posts: 11,139 ✭

  July 18, 2006 10:34AM

  it's an 8 next to a 7.

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• mcmxi Posts: 890 ✭

  July 18, 2006 11:13AM

  i always enjoy your responses.

  If I was half as smart as I am dumb Iwould be a genious

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• ABC123 Posts: 2,627

  July 18, 2006 11:26AM

  Definite Maybe ! ! !

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• rec78 Posts: 5,930 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 18, 2006 12:36PM

  Hard to tell--could you show the whole coin-both sides? and perhaps the area a little above the 8 also? It appears it may be. If you show the whole coin-a VAM expert may be able to tell right away...(not me though) Bob

  

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• mcmxi Posts: 890 ✭

  July 18, 2006 12:45PM

  I was just grasping at straws. It is the second 8 from an 1878 cc. Is it possible? I don't know. Is it likely I'm guessing no.

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• CaptHenway Posts: 33,667 ✭✭✭✭✭

  July 18, 2006 2:13PM

  
  
  << <i>I was just grasping at straws. It is the second 8 from an 1878 cc. Is it possible? I don't know. Is it likely I'm guessing no. >>
  
  
  
  There were no 1877 dies to overdate. I would say just a tiny bit of random damage.
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• Coxe Posts: 11,139 ✭

  July 18, 2006 9:13PM

  I think you would see more detail on the upper right outside. A hardness test punch was customarily the 8, but not always. (There are MPDs with a 7 in the denticles.) It is not outside the realm of possibilities.
  
  I have an 1886 into Leroy right now that appears to be a repunched date over a mistake 1868. I suppose 1878 could be mistakenly 1887 or 1877 and corrected. These are always worth looking for.

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