Does anyone have some information on this? Do any exist? Photos? I have one that appears coppery. Just wondering. Thanks, Michael
I would think it would be some kind of crazy toning. Or maybe someone plated it with something. I've never heard of such a thing as a copper morgan.
there a few picture of type coin in the red book and one of them is a copper wash lady Morgan Judd# unknown
Not a copper wash - a pattern struck in copper. And it is a Morgan half dollar, not a Morgan dollar. But to the original question, never even heard of a copper wash Morgan and doubt they would even be possible. It is likely toning.
You know GD I thought toning as well. But I'm not a Morgan guy so the only toning I have seen is colorful. This truly looks like copper. The wear on it even shines like, well a cent would. My next thought was spray paint. I have seen one of those. This coin does not look like it was painted. Just curious, Michael
That's a pretty wide-looking strike on the bottom on that reverse. I'm just saying, I don't think I've seen one like that.
Michael, There have been quite a few cases in which coins which have Copper in their composition that does not get mixed correctly or other factors such as the coin getting subjected to heat in which a higher concentration of the Copper is at the surface or rises to the surface of the coin, thus the Copper look! However, this is not the case with most coins and especially Morgan Silver Dollars and is more than likely a case of the environments in which the coin has been over the past 118 years. I have owned at times, quite a few Morgans that looked exactly the same as yours. Frank
