What's wrong with this Morgan??

not a cud either, Doug?

 

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I see no clashing in the usual places. You_do_know clashing is to be found - at one point or another - during the lifetime of a significant percentage of Morgan dies, right? There are many, many VAMs not yet known in an unclashed state.

 

It's either a lamination or strukthrough metal fragment. Look at the rim just above it. I'm leaning towards lamination as there is still denticle formation

 

Honestly, there's not enough detail there for me to completely rule out a postmint impact. I could see a pin punch coming up with something like that. We really can't be sure about stuff like this without more accurate detail images, regardless of how we stretch our experience (and imaginations) in the effort to be "sure."

 

I'll take better pics when it's in hand. I too see what looks like metal flaking at around the 3 o'clock position on the rim. Then there is the indentation and what looks like lamination peel but I can't be sure until it's in hand. It's a chance I took buying online. I am sure about the metal flaking at 3 o'clock though.

 

This is not a cud - rim cuds are raised. This is not post mint damage - the exposed surface of the incuse mark is "original."

Next, what kind of planchet flaw. It was NOT CAUSED by metal missing in the planchet - the rim is full. That leaves either a strike thru, or a lamination. Strike thru errors have smooth borders and (depending what the material was) they are usually smooth in their interior as this is. Laminations have a peeling surface. In the photo, it looks like the metal at the top of the mark is peeling over the top of the rim. If this is the case, it is a detached lamination. The edge of the coin will be the "key."

 

Try the photos at this link.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/111841555429
I asked the seller if the coin may have been struck through grease originally but they didn't seem to understand why I'd think that.

I think the yellowish substance looks more like grease than glue.

How do I clear my customs now? If it turns out to be a grease strike thru I don't want to acetone dip do I?

 

Yes. Acetone dip it to remove those glue/adhesive spots

 

Check out the E on the reverse in America on the eBay photos. What's going on with the denticles on the reverse near the bottom?

DDR. This coin has all sorts of interesting problems.

 

Do you mean the edge of the rim behind the denticles at the E? That could just be minor rim crumbling or a slight finned rim. You're looking way too hard at inconsequential things. I see a future VAMmer in the making

 

No, look at 6 o' o'clock. The denticles are straight. Look under them. See what appears to be an under strike but at an odd angle? It's not all the way around the coin and it's also visible on the VAM 3 coin on VAM World website.