Here's the current auction for watching. https://www.greatcollections.com/Coin/1160305/1891-CC-Morgan-Silver-Dollar-PCGS-MS-66-Toned
I've seen the "pre-1900" thing on other images of Sigma results and am curious if anyone has an explanation. Canada switched from .925 silver to...
An interesting study: "Chumash Indians Were Using Shell Bead Money 2,000 Years Ago" http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/chumash-money-09303.html...
There are snippets in lots of places. I think you just have to dig into the series you're interested in. For example, Bowers' Guide Book of Barber...
Even the small ones have holes, so I suppose it became a traditional design. Certainly it's logical that the hole was a means to move them, but...
Yap stone money (aka Rai stone) is fascinating. Why the hole? [ATTACH] (image stolen from internet)
The reverse damage is easy to ID. There must be a bunch of these out there hiding in collections.
@Iso808 post a couple more pictures from different angles. Reverse photo also might help. Check the edge for anything unusual.
It looks like struck through reeding to me....
I notice they all have a mole under the chin at the neck too.
I had a similar experience, cycling in the Civil War Century about a decade ago. I rode ahead of the people I was with, and when I got to Antietam...
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That toning is crazy. My eyes can't not see it as raised ridges across the coin.
I didn't guess because I was tired of being wrong. It looks pretty banged up in the True View for a gem so 65 surprises me. I would have been...
I wonder if you could predict what the mintages were by giving them one or two known mintages and using the relative frequency.
One of these has to be a winner for you, so I'll say 66 to 66+.
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