1881 & 82 cc 1889 and 1878 Morgan dollars

So I got these at work today. But someone informed me they might be fake. I was wondering why the 1878 looked different and is even a little bit thicker then the other ones. So what's everyone's thoughts on them could they be fake? Also I got a 1926 peace dollar.

 

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Not my area of specialty, but the 1926 Peace definitely looks problematic. It says "In COD We Trust" and I am pretty sure we are not a Fish Nation.

The "W" in "We Trust" also looks misshapen.

Where do you work that you got all these 100-year old coins ?

 

Hey! I would measure and weigh them ladies. Sounds like Chinese haul. How much were they?

 

The 1926 Peace is definitely fake. As mentioned, you need to weigh the others, look in your Red Book, use your digital scale.

How much did you pay for the Carson City dollars? If you paid less than $100 for them each then probably counterfeit. The CCs in that condition are running $300-400.

 

The Peace isn't even a good fake. There are so many issues on that one that the average collector should spot 3+ tells immediately. Don't think the Morgans pass muster either.

 

Teresa looks as though she was out bar hopping all night on that Peace.

 

The Peace dollar looks like cartoon line art. We see those fairly frequently on eBay and the like. I think of them as "not even trying" fakes.

The 1878 looks wrong in general. The lettering and the rest of the design isn't as sharp as it should be, and the coloring on the reverse looks like the "fake tan" that's commonly present on Chinese fakes. (I'm sure they can be/have been made in other places as well, but we've seen video from Chinese manufacturing operations, Chinese sites like Alibaba have plentiful listings for them, and I assume that's where most of them come from.)

The other three Morgans look better at first glance, but on closer inspection, they've still got mushy details. They also have a weird luster/"sheen" that I don't see on real coins, but have seen on some fakes. (Our local pawnshop once put out a half-dozen or so 1901-P Morgan dollars with exactly that sheen. Barely any contact marks; if real, the group would've been worth well into six figures, possibly seven.)

 

That Peace Dollar is definitely a fake, the Morgans don't look right to me either! Better luck next time!

 

I don't like the mushiness of the Morgans. If they are real someone really did a number with a wheel. I say fake.

 

The Peace Dollar is definitely a fake. As for the Morgan’s, I can’t tell from the photos.