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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26192710, member: 13650"]As an intermediate collector of a Morgan set myself, my question would be why there are other metals showing up in the scan at all? Is this normal? If silver is silver and copper is copper, these were an alloy of 90% pure silver and 10% pure copper. There shouldn't be any other metals in it. </p><p><br /></p><p> China has the dies and the presses to make Morgans today and in the past. They can re-strike real morgans. Usually they come out looking like the 2021s though. The black coloring isn't unhread of as I have some old original ones passed down from family that have turned black. The wavinesss around the top edge of the rim on the front looks a little suspsect too. </p><p><br /></p><p> Coins like this need to be in third party slabs to be considered. The seller should have already done it for you. I would have told them if you send it to "X" grader you prefer, and it comes back genuine, I'll pay you the grading fee plus a $100 bonus. If it's fake you pay me $100 for the hassle. See if they took the offer. </p><p><br /></p><p> You can get expedited grading if you pay for it. A coin like that can be shipped overnight to NGC with EX on the box for express service and it can be graded within 5 days if you have to find out for yourself. You already have a lot invested, now you're committed.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 26192710, member: 13650"]As an intermediate collector of a Morgan set myself, my question would be why there are other metals showing up in the scan at all? Is this normal? If silver is silver and copper is copper, these were an alloy of 90% pure silver and 10% pure copper. There shouldn't be any other metals in it. China has the dies and the presses to make Morgans today and in the past. They can re-strike real morgans. Usually they come out looking like the 2021s though. The black coloring isn't unhread of as I have some old original ones passed down from family that have turned black. The wavinesss around the top edge of the rim on the front looks a little suspsect too. Coins like this need to be in third party slabs to be considered. The seller should have already done it for you. I would have told them if you send it to "X" grader you prefer, and it comes back genuine, I'll pay you the grading fee plus a $100 bonus. If it's fake you pay me $100 for the hassle. See if they took the offer. You can get expedited grading if you pay for it. A coin like that can be shipped overnight to NGC with EX on the box for express service and it can be graded within 5 days if you have to find out for yourself. You already have a lot invested, now you're committed.[/QUOTE]
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