Thread 1884 morgan dollar minted cc I have a 1884 morgan dollar minted cc.I found it last week metal detecting.Does anyone have any idea of what the grade may be or what it's worth is?
That coin looks to be ms62+. I’m mindblown if you actually found that metal detecting. I’m not doubting you but I find it hard to believe that the coin would come out of the ground in that condition. I’m a metal detectorist too and I’ve never found a silver coin like that. It’s worth about $200. That’s a really nice coin regardless of how you got it.
I think maybe "metal detecting" may be a euphemism for some other thing and does not represent what 100% percent of people who really metal detect do outside, looking for coins in the ground.
Too bad someone tried to remove the bag mark with a grinding tool in the second picture. Coin would never straight grade now and is damaged. Unfortunate way to ruin a coin. Probably cut the value in half. I was once asked to find a diamond engagement ring in grass so it could be possible to find a coin like this just recently lost through metal detecting. Remote possibility though.
This is not a dug coin..... I have metal detected for 30 years and never saw a Morgan come out of the ground like this....
Detectorists have indeed found hidden caches of coins inside walls and under floorboards - agree that this particular coin would not come out of the soil or water in the pictured condition
It is worth less in the second picture than it was in the first. That poor thing has suffered some damage between the first and second pictures.
just looked at one of those on e-bay not long ago. looks like one of the ones' I looked at! just sayin'
