Morgan experts please help!
oxy8890
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This was an auction in question the past couple days many people expressed concern over the winning bidders wallet. Below are the links to the auction and initial thread:
Initial thread
1884-S Ebay auction
The forum has been able to get in touch with the winning bidder. The winning bidder is fully aware of the many concerns everyone had regarding the polishing/doctoring of this coin. What he really wants to know is if this is a genuine 1884-S coin?.
oldcameoproofsguy raised some legitimate concerns regarding the placing of the mint mark on this piece and if it was truly authentic. He mentioned he did not have the reference material to verify it's authenticity. I have the latest complete VAM book but am far from an expert in this field. From what I can see it appears there are a few mint marks in this date:
VAM 1 - upright and centered mintmark
VAM 2 - Mint Mark shifted left and tilted right
VAM 3 - S/S repunched MM
VAM 6 - S Mint Mark upright and set to left with loops filled
VAM 7 - Doubled Mintmark
Any help from the Morgan experts would be appreciated!
Initial thread
1884-S Ebay auction
The forum has been able to get in touch with the winning bidder. The winning bidder is fully aware of the many concerns everyone had regarding the polishing/doctoring of this coin. What he really wants to know is if this is a genuine 1884-S coin?.
oldcameoproofsguy raised some legitimate concerns regarding the placing of the mint mark on this piece and if it was truly authentic. He mentioned he did not have the reference material to verify it's authenticity. I have the latest complete VAM book but am far from an expert in this field. From what I can see it appears there are a few mint marks in this date:
VAM 1 - upright and centered mintmark
VAM 2 - Mint Mark shifted left and tilted right
VAM 3 - S/S repunched MM
VAM 6 - S Mint Mark upright and set to left with loops filled
VAM 7 - Doubled Mintmark
Any help from the Morgan experts would be appreciated!
Best Regards,
Rob
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So I will defer to the experts.
Rob
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-- there is something going on with the mint mark.
-- it looks whizzed to me, too.
-- I don't care for those sepia-toned photos, either; if I was selling a coin I marked at $400,000, I think I'd take some decent pictures of it.
-- If I was selling a coin I hoped to sell at $400,000, I think I'd expect to charge more than $9.99 (priority mail) to ship it.
-- Obviously, if it had any chance at all of being problem-free, it'd be in plastic now.
This buyer just paid some extremely high tuition fees for his numismatic education.
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highly valued coins just aren't slabbed unless they are in the Smithsonian.
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