What has been done to this Morgan!!

Are you absolutely sure about that? Because I distinctly remember reading on this very site that what Dan Carr does is the crime. Was I misled? It was on the Internet, so it has to be true, right? 'Cuz they don't let just any unvetted source have a website, right?

 

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If you "ax" the U.S. Mint real nice like, maybe they can make you some, in gold, about the size of a nickel.

"Crime Against Humanity Coins, Too - The Sequel"

 

But...but...but...would it still grade...

 

Depends what service, I suppose. CPGS would grade it. (Cat Pee Grading Service).

 

Glad people are having fun with this. I remember being in a thrift shop where they had some coin in a display case and I was looking at it when a guy next to me pulled out a walking liberty half that was polished like this and was proudly showing it to me...I had to walk away before I laughed or cried. @SuperDave I think you could do this with a Jeweler's Cloth or metal polish if you really tried.

 

It almost looks like a plated steel cent.

 

You know, the more I look at the op photo the more I think it's actually foil covered chocolate.

 

Holy whoa. I don't think I can even intentionally make a coin look that bad!

 

Maybe it's a trend, look what I found now:

 

Just think... somebody finished buffing those and said, "that's perfect. I did a great job. I really like the way that looks."

 

Watch the shiny coin........

 

And I think the opposite, but your points are all valid and, well, it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.

Either way, this is merely a sideline discussion since we'll never know for sure how the coin got to be in that state, unless it's examined closely enough to identify the presence of physically-moved metal (assuming it's there).

 

And you didn't go all Roger Burdette on it?

 

I'd sooner go all Roger Burdette on Roger Burdette, if I'm being totally honest.

 

beats a spit polish

 

Maybe this is a new trend.

For example, Queen's Beasts bullion has the "pitted" look.

 

I REALLY don't like this look. Like chrome plated plastic coins.

 

My Precious's's's.

 

I wouldn't be surprised if Columbian half dollars have the highest proportion of polished coins within their surviving population of any coin. Seems like every inherited coin collection has a polished or harshly cleaned Columbian.