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

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  1. Insider

    Insider Talent on loan from...

    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.

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    By popular demand...Answer in SIX WEEKS. :hilarious::hilarious::hilarious::yuck:
     
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  3. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    From one hour to six weeks....
     
  4. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else

    It looks frosty, so probably a P
     
  5. Beefer518

    Beefer518 Well-Known Member

    I'm going to Mardi Gras

    New Orleans?


    Unless we can see the 'T' in Liberty's headband... :rolleyes:
     
  6. expat

    expat Remember you are unique, just like everyone else

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

    micbraun coindiccted

    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...!?
     
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  8. bradgator2

    bradgator2 Well-Known Member

    I think NO due to the slanted date.
     
  9. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title]

    I don't have my books with me (I'm on CT at work :woot:)...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.
     
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  10. Beefer518

    Beefer518 Well-Known Member

    That's why I guessed NO
     
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  11. masterswimmer

    masterswimmer A Caretaker, can't take it with me

    I'm seeing CC in the 3.
     
  12. Insider

    Insider Talent on loan from...

    LOL. Six weeks is a sarcastic :troll: joke.

    ANSWER TOMORROW!!!
     
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  13. Danomite

    Danomite What do you say uh-huh

  14. Kentucky

    Kentucky Supporter! Supporter

    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"
     
  15. TheFinn

    TheFinn Well-Known Member

    The tooling around the 3 has to be a giveaway.
     
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  16. messydesk

    messydesk Well-Known Member

    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.
     
  17. TypeCoin971793

    TypeCoin971793 Just a random guy on the internet

    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:


     
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  18. GDJMSP

    GDJMSP Numismatist Moderator

    Guys, pretty sure you already have your answer. I'll leave it up to you folks to figure out which one it is :)
     
  19. CamaroDMD

    CamaroDMD [Insert Clever Title]

    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.
     
  20. wxcoin

    wxcoin Getting no respect since I was a baby

    So Bejing isn't one of the choices?
     
  21. John Wright

    John Wright Well-Known Member

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