First...the 1880 one I read something in another group that there were fake Morgans out there; I got my 2 Morgans from a friend, who got them from his parents...but they were not numi-masters so I thought I'ld better run this by the savvy here. It has a dark silver tone. The surface is so shiny I tried getting another pic (third pic here) and my red camera reflection showed up!
The 0 in the date looks funny to me, and so do the denticles along the left edge (on both obverse and reverse), but that might be just because of the way it's toned and the way the lighting is in these photos. I don't see the obvious signs (mushy details, design sinking into the background) that I commonly see on fakes. This is a common date, and as far as I know, real ones are still more common than fake ones.
I'm pretty sure they're real...My friend's parents were in their 80s when they gave them to him (among other coins) and I knew his father, who was a very picky guy who collected old stuff (Americana, and US coins and stamps). They were no experts, but loved old authentic stuff just for keeps, not for making money out of it. Very nice family. I only ask because I'm even more OCD (just not slabbed nor certified but potentially certifiable) and I like to triple (or quadruple) check lol yep...if i were a thief i'ld make one from 1889 ty very much for peeking
I don't see a whole lot that scares me about its' authenticity. The color is advanced toning, and not out of the ordinary for the process. Even the ability of luster to "peek" through it is appropriate. There is, as usual, nothing wrong with -jeffB's powers of observation but it's my opinion his theories for the reasons are correct.
