?? weight is off on morgan dollar....

Not by much... but enough to question it's authenticity... it comes in at 26.45g but i don't think the wear adds up to almost .3g
am i missing something?

 

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The dark-ish toning looks suspicious to me but I've never seen a counterfeit with the amount of wear/bag marks that one has, usually they look polished to death and that one doesn't...Interesting...

EDIT: I guess it could be artificially beat up to make it look like it has seen circulation but I'm not sure, will be interested to hear what others have to say about it.

 

Might be fake I don't like that grey stuff now I need to bid before its to late goodbye.

 

Yes, you are missing something. That is one fugly Morgan.

 

for $17.50 at a yard sale it seems ok lol under melt anyway, they had some much nicer ones but wanted stupid prices for em...

 

Really, really tiny chance that there's any silver in that thing. Those letters and stars are ridiculous.

 

Looks like a bad fake to me. (Not silver) Like @-jeffB said, the letters on there are much thicker than the real thing and the color is off too. Did you buy it?

 

Absolutely a fake. 0% chance of being genuine. Not even a good fake. Looks cast to me. Beijing’s lesser line of frauds.

 

For you guys that know Morgans, is being .3 grams light a concern with that level of wear.

 

What "level of wear"?

It's a terrible fake. Half the poor bird's butt is gone. Wear doesn't remove device detail from recessed areas.

I wouldn't be a bit surprised if it's thicker than a normal Morgan, to bring its weight close to normal with a copper core.

 

Have you tested it with a magnet?

 

Off hand guys.. I was 99% sure it was fake when i bought it is for my growing collection of counterfits.. will look good with the others

 

not magnetic and pretty sure it is a fake

 

I think that's neat. Bravo!

 

Fake. Parallel top arrow feather was only on the 1878 and 1879 reverse...

 

Unfortunately the “O” mint mark is incorrect. It should be a single “C” which stands for made in China. The sad truth is these fakes have been issued for years and are well distributed.

 

Here's mine. Got it free with a Hobo Quarter that I bought.

It's about 2 grams light.

Z

 

0.3 grams is 1.12% light. I don't know what the manufacturing tolerance was on Morgans but 1% light is fairly typical of well-worn coins. So, in this case the weight is not the definitive factor in authenticity. What others have said, is.

 

The denticles on the obverse between 1 o'clock and 3 o'clock look bad, way smaller than the ones on the opposite side of the obverse. I don't think that's due to wear. There are other things too, such as the stars, which you mentioned. They're mushy and not sharp like on a real coin. The same with "In God We Trust". To me this coin screams "fake". But why someone would fake a common Morgan is beyond me. I guess you can't trust anyone these days.

 

Because then you can get $17.50 at a yard sale for a few cents' worth of metal. And because a fake 1893-S will get a lot more scrutiny than a fake 1888-O.