Guess the year of the Morgan Reverse

Friends of CT, I was going to put this on the contest forum, but I didn't think it would be fitting that I post a contest that didn't come with a prize. So I will just throw it out here and see who gets the answer to this question. So here it is.... By looking at the reverse of this Morgan dollar design, can you guess the year that it was minted? Good luck.

 

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2008?

 

No, thanks for guessing though.

 

is this a legal tender coin? or commemorative?

 

You probably already know the answer to this! :bow:

 

Aren't all commemoratives legal tender?

 

Here, the penny guy will help you's

The design was 1878 !!!

Edit: 1st minted...prolly designed before that. I just stepped in it didn't I

 

:desk:you know what I mean:desk: god the suspense is killing me!!!

this isn't a Franklin "mint" special is it?

 

Not a Franklin Mint Special.

 

No US business strike Morgan has that kind of breast feather detail, but it's not a silver round or a copy, or if it's a copy, it's an illegal copy. Also, the beak is too thick as is the head, and the letters are just a little too high and the S is wrong for a traditional Morgan.

It's struck from a modern die, and might not even have a Morgan obverse design. I see it does have an M on the bow. It doesn't have the luster of a 90% coin either. It appears to be 100% silver planchet.

Hum, not enough information to guess a date. Can you post a picture of the obverse with the date blotted out?

 

That sure is a purty old mint Morgan reverse.:hail:

 

Sounds good.

Any you know it was the San Fransico mint.... So now it is narrowed down.

 

I am going to say "NO", for the simple fact that I do not think this reverse mirrors any of the morgan reverses. Second because I believe this is a 2006 old san fran commemorative silver dollar and it was modeled off the 1904 morgan reverse - which I think is reverse C. So it was used from 1879(???) to 1904. Then reverse D was used in 1921.

 

I logging off so I will guess anyway. I don't think the coin has a date.

 

Not that talented.... sorry.

 

Dang! I remember! It's the 2006-S Old Mint Commemorative.

 

I think I edited my post while you were posting. Am I right? I found a link to morgan reverses, but could not line this one up. Then started my search the other direction - looking for the commemorative (I used to own).

 

If I had a prize you would get it!!!! hya:

Per Q. David Bower, A Guide Book of US Commemorative Coins
"(The Reverse) a copy of the reverse of a standard Morgan silver dollar of the era 1878-1921, said to have been taken from a 1904-S. Mint artist Joseph Menna made a new model for use on the commemorative coin."

Congrats Mark! We have some pretty slick people on CT!