Hello there, my first post here, so greetings folks! I've gotten recently a morgan dollar coin with "copr" under "In God we trust". That's example image (mine is 1896 O) http://c4.asteroid.pl/a.swistak.pl/011/030/11030143_400.jpg I've tried to google morgan+dollar+copr but no results (even for "copr"). Does it simply mean it's (fake) morgan dollar, (fake) morgan made of copper or fake-strange-pattern from china? I can tell the weight of the coin as soon as I get the device (couple of days). Any ideas? What about this "copr"?
I'm 99% sure that is a copy. The field looks rather dull to be genuine. Any chance you have a pic of the obverse?
Thanks for replies! What still concerns me is this 'copr'. It is hard to believe the simple explanation that chinese misspelled during counterfeiting. It just doesn't make sense to produce this kind of coins, imo.
But, to the Chinese, it makes perfect sense to intentionally misspell the word. Some sucker will come along and pay an outrageous price thinking it is a (U.S.) Mint error, but at the same time, the Chinese counterfeiter is off the hook claiming a mere spelling error of the word "copy". Please take the advice you have received here. Otherwise you are apt to waste a lot of your money. Chris
I got this coin with the couple of other fakes for a low price here in Poland and I was just curious about it's history. It is always good to get some lessons and experience. I can't imagine buing such a coin for outrageous price.
It is NOT a fake. Its a genuine copy of a dollar. not a very good one but they tried Some on US ebay are VERY nice and obvious meant for a copy not a counterfeit. They are sold as such and not meant to deceive. One of our coin club members bought a complete 2 album set of Morgans last year and we had a great time looking them over at a meeting. Good price too, little more than the price of the Danscos they came in. Astonishingly good copies except for the 'copy' logo and the fact that they look like chrome, hard to see differences. LOL I bought a 93s and a 95 'copy' to fill the holes in my Dansco as I didnt want to deslab those two..
I've been curious about something on this topic. Does anyone know what metal they are striking these Chinese copies in? I have seen some claim to be "silver" and sell for a silver price, but I figured most of them were just potmetal. Any ideas?
Can't really say what metal they are as it varies form one batch to another and whether it is a poor quality fake or a high quality one. I've seen them made of potmetal, steel, coppernickel, and silver of various fineness.
