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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CohibaCris, post: 12999, member: 904&quot;]And GDJMSP brings up a good point that I will take just a little further.</p><p><br /></p><p>Most if not all silver dollars that were minted (especially in the Morgan and Peace dollar eras) were treated pretty harshly during the minting process.&nbsp; After minting, they traveled down a belt and were ejected into a mining cart.&nbsp; They then were shoveled into $1000 bags using silver shovels.&nbsp; Most then rode horse carriage rides to the federal reserve or directly to a bank.</p><p><br /></p><p>Short version - our precious silver dollars did the hokey pokey in more than a few ways during their trip to the vault.&nbsp; But there are important distinctions.&nbsp; Silver on silver friction will almost always leave a brighter silver streak in the contact areas.&nbsp; And then we have bag marks that are pretty distinctive and we know what those look like.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you see the dull grey breaks in mint luster, it is attributable to metal contact outside of silver.&nbsp; Ergo, it is most likely circulated.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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