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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cpm9ball, post: 885838, member: 24633&quot;]Jesse,</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It really doesn&#039;t matter to me what you do or don&#039;t own. I could care less unless you were trying to sell me something.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Some of the people, here, have tried to give you the benefit of their knowledge which probably amounts to decades upon decades of examining Morgan dollars. Honestly, $90,000 is a drop in the bucket. I can go to a small, local show and look at $100,000 in Morgans in a couple of hours. If it was a large show like FUN or the ANA Money Show, any one of us can look at $1,000,000 worth in a few more hours.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>The point is that there are certain characteristics of a proof strike that do not appear to be present on the photos you&#039;ve shown us. &quot;Shine&quot; is not a characteristic of the strike. A mint state coin can have &quot;shine&quot; simply from being overdipped or improperly cleaned. An ordinary MS Morgan is struck <b>once</b> with a pressure of 150 tons per square inch. A proof Morgan is struck <b>twice</b> under that same pressure to insure sharp details. If you look at the denticles in your first photo, you can readily see that they are uneven, some are rounded and there is inconsistent spacing between them. On a proof Morgan, the denticles should be sharply squared and evenly spaced throughout.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>I&#039;m sorry, but I have to agree with the general concensus of opinion that this is not a proof Morgan. Once we have had the opportunity to see better photos, I would be more apt to think that this is an MS coin that has no luster and exhibits no cartwheel effect as it should. Hence, I would have to say that it was probably improperly cleaned and not worth more than melt value.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Chris[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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