My granddaughter works at a Sam’s Club. An older man who works there gifted her the Morgan dollar pictured bellowed. I see that an 1881cc is fairly scarce, so my first thought was, “Is it real?” At a glance, it looks OK to me, but I’m not a Morgan guy and don't know the tells, so I thought I should let some of the experts on this site have a look at it. What say you? (Sidenote: It didn’t sound like anything creepy. She described him as a grandfatherly figure and said he gave similar coins to a couple of other young workers.)
Upon first glance it screams 'fake' to me. There are several things about the obverse that give me pause. The CC on the rev looks off and if that's a dollar coin snap together holder the coin should fit exactly.. looks smaller but that could be the holder. I'd say have a coin shop take a look before doing anything else.
It looks fake to me. Pop it out of the capsule and weigh it, check it with a magnet, or match up a VAM to it would be the easiest ways to confirm, but it doesn't look promising. Still though, it was a nice gesture by gifting it!
Where are the scuffys? CC Morgan's were shipped by wagons. They are notorious for baggy surfaces. If you hold it up to your ear like a sea shell you may hear Mao calling you an "Imperialist running dog."
