Best Use of a Morgan Dollar I Have Ever Seen

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  1. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

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  3. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    Very impressive.
    I'm betting that the insert is 24K gold.
     
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  4. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    That's 'ugly, scary, I wanna swat it'.........
     
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  5. rickmp

    rickmp Frequently flatulent.

    If nothing more, it's great craftsmanship and art.
     
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  6. furryfrog02

    furryfrog02 Well-Known Member

    Better looking "obverse" than the original IMO :)
     
    furryfrog02, Aug 9, 2018
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  7. green18

    green18 Unknown member Sweet on Commemorative Coins Supporter

    It's flippin' scary and I'm out of here........though it could be the scotch, but I don't think so. Winston Churchill drank this brand and he did famous things......not that I could.
     
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  8. LakeEffect

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  9. spirityoda

    spirityoda Coin Junky

    very cool.
     
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  10. -jeffB

    -jeffB Greshams LEO Supporter

    Yep, that guy's work is absolutely amazing.
     
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  11. Santinidollar

    Santinidollar Supporter! Supporter

    How does one do that? I can’t draw a straight line with a ruler.
     
    Santinidollar, Aug 9, 2018
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  12. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    Wow. It sold for $9,200 last November.

    Free shipping. No returns ;-)

    "ENIM VERO CARISSIMUM OMNIUM ESSE OPORTET, QUOD IAM DIU CUM TANTO FERVORE, INVENIEBATUR"

    "The latin inscription means (rough translation): 'The most expensive should be something that was sought longer and intensively than others'"
     
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  13. CoinCorgi

    CoinCorgi Tell your dog I said hi!

    What's a ruler?
     
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  14. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Truly amazing detail in that thing ! I can't even begin to imagine the hours of work that would go into something like that.
     
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  15. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    Wow! $9200 is not unreasonable for that. I've shot images of a high end collection of this kind stuff that this would be a centerpiece for.

    The link above is showing me a counterfeit engraved coin (Chinese die struck with key date and design that is supposed to look as though it were engraved) as though it is something else that I may be interested in.
     
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  16. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    Makes me wish I had $9,200 lying around with nothing better to spend it on... kind of...
     
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  17. physics-fan3.14

    physics-fan3.14 You got any more of them.... prooflikes?

    The hidden mechanism that opens up to show the gold part is insanely cool. I can't recall seeing something like that on a "hobo" dollar before.
     
    physics-fan3.14, Aug 11, 2018
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  18. ksparrow

    ksparrow Coin Hoarder Supporter

    Looks like something out of an Edgar Allan Poe story.
     
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  19. gsalexan

    gsalexan Intaglio aficionado

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  20. Hoky77

    Hoky77 Well-Known Member

    Beautiful! I hope he hasn't gotten a hold of a 1889 CC. Lets see him do that with a half dime.
     
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  21. Dougmeister

    Dougmeister Well-Known Member

    Every time I watch it, I am still awe-struck.
     
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