Coin Quiz #6 A more difficult one for the "Experts"

Can you guess the MINT of this silver dollar?

Many advanced collectors/dealers can tell the Mint where a Morgan dollar was struck by its rim and the appearance of its surface. This coin has a little circulation so the "look" of its luster will not help.



By popular demand...Answer in SIX WEEKS.

 

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From one hour to six weeks....

 

It looks frosty, so probably a P

 

I'm going to Mardi Gras

New Orleans?


Unless we can see the 'T' in Liberty's headband...

 

Had a rethink, New Orleans but only because the 3 looks high

 

Not a Morgan expert, but I’d guess it’s an 1893-P VAM5 as the date is set further left than normal (near date), the 9 is closed and the 3 is open. It could also be NO VAM3 slanted date...!?

 

I think NO due to the slanted date.

 

I don't have my books with me (I'm on CT at work )...but I'm inclined to think New Orleans. I want to say the slanted 9 was on the 93-O. Plus...the die looks like it wasn't that well polished as the fields look a bit rougher. I know that quality control was less of a concern in NO so I'm thinking New Orleans.

 

That's why I guessed NO

 

I'm seeing CC in the 3.

 

LOL. Six weeks is a sarcastic joke.

ANSWER TOMORROW!!!

 

Carson City.

 

I'm not a dollar guy, but I think I've heard the New Orleans mint did good work and that looks like a good strike so I'll say "O"

 

The tooling around the 3 has to be a giveaway.

 

Not CC, because they didn't make coins in 1898. Not O, because it looks circulated. Probably S, because that's where the money is in this alteration.

 

I know for certain it isn’t an 1893 S. The upright of the 1 should be squarely over a dentil.

The last digit does appear to be expertly altered, with only the slightest evidence of tooling. Messydesk said it best:

 

Now that I have read what others have to say...I need to point out that I missed the altered 3. Not because I didn't see it...but I was looking so hard at the fields and looking for any kind of "mint characteristic" I could deduce...I simply overlooked it.

I agree, the 3 was altered from an 8. So, it could only be a P/O/S minted coin. While the 1893-S is the most valuable 93...all 1893 coins are worth significantly more than their 1898 counterpart and an 1893-O is less likely to arouse draw attention. I'm going to stick with my original O mint belief based on the fields and devices looking to have a looser quality control.

But, I admit I "missed the forest for the trees" in this case. Final answer is 1898-O altered to look like a 1893-O.

 

So Bejing isn't one of the choices?

 

Love it, love it, LOVE it! GREAT comment!