Morgan Dollar Garage Sale Find!

Sorry, misleading title...

Giant Morgan Dollar eagle coaster thing found at a garage sale for $1. Not sure who made it or why but I can't pass anything coin related up, especially for $1!



(Real Morgan Dollar for scale)

 

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You got a big bargain

 

I love it good deal!!!lol reminds me of the two I bought when I visited the the mint in Philly.Mine cost around 9 times yoursmabey because one of them was a 1909-S V.D.B.

 

That's a huge coaster. And a nice 6 tail feather variety.

 

Heck, even as much as I hate Morgans, I'd buy it for $1

 

I was gonna say, Covid must be hitting the China counterfeit ring pretty hard if this is what they are pumping out now.

 

Fun find Matt.

 

Try to put that big boy in a slab !

 

Did you notice the copyright symbol between the Eagle's wing and the plant leaves, just above the arrow points?
And on the opposite side, the company monogram of BWP(?), a raised circle on the far left side, along with very lightly scratched graffiti in the metal at the top?

I would assume most of it reflects on the manufacturer, while the graffiti reflects on a previous owner. The raised circle may just be a mold mark.

All in all, I also would have bought it for a dollar.

 

I did notice the engraving on the back and the C on the front. Not sure what company/person uses the engraving on the back though.

 

Not to be picky but there is no engraving on the coin unless you call the graffiti engraving.
This 'coin' was cast in a mold.
You could look up casting companies with those initials. I'm not even sure what that first initial is.

EDIT :

I just spent a few minutes looking for that company. No luck.

Good Luck to you if you choose to search.

 

I have 3 inch coin coasters. They are hiden in my closet right now and I do not want to dig them out. Not sure if yours is 3 inches wide ?





That's all the pics I have on these...

 

What does the back have on it?
Any idea of the maker?

 

no makers mark on mine.

 

Thanks for the reply.

 

Aren't yours double sided? I have a 1913 Buffalo that is about 3" but it is not a coaster, it is an oversize copy of a coin.

 

Mathews example is much bigger than 3 inches,imagine the silver dollar next to the three inch.
Compare it to the OP's one and its much bigger than 3 inches mabey up to 3×.

 

Mine are double sided.

 

The early copywrite stamp was definitely done with a punch, you can see it on the back side. I would imagine that this was done as a requirement to sell it in the market. Or the maker did it so that it wasn't copied. There might be a little more information out there on the interweb's.