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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;TimChgo9, post: 540702, member: 17699&quot;]I found two Morgan silver dollars in a small coin collection that used to belong to my father.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>My dad passed away about 5 years ago, while cleaning up and cleaning out, I found a small collection of coins that belonged to him, mainly foreign coins obtained while he was in the Navy back in the 1950&#039;s.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>While reorganizing drawers and boxes around the house with the wife, I ran across the coins.&nbsp; I had put them in a drawer, and basically forgot about them.&nbsp; Anyway, I took them out to go through them (about 20 coins, not a whole lot) and found the above mentioned coins.&nbsp; I searched the internet to see what they might be worth, and came away confused, only because the values seemed to vary between $8.50 and $13,500.00.&nbsp; Thoroughly confused now, I looked at coin grading, and what not, and I honestly can&#039;t decide just what condition this coin is in.&nbsp; I cleaned it up a bit with a lemon acid bath (about 30 minutes) just to get some of the tarnish off so it would photograph better.&nbsp; The photo is the 1921 coin, it was more tarnished than the 1880 coin, and I don&#039;t know what to attribute that to.&nbsp; He may have gotten these coins after his mom died in 1993, but I am not sure, as I don&#039;t remember seeing them when I was a kid. </p><p><br /></p><p>When I researched the coins on the internet, I ran across several stories of counterfeit Morgans as well, and to be honest, I am not sure what I have. </p><p><br /></p><p>All I am looking for is an appraisal of the coin&#039;s condition.&nbsp; When I get take a better photo of the 1880 coin, I will post it, but here is the 1921 Morgan silver dollar.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=1071352" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=1071352" rel="nofollow">http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=1071352</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=1071355" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=1071355" rel="nofollow">http://www.eyefetch.com/image.aspx?ID=1071355</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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