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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;raider34, post: 839419, member: 16402&quot;]Welcome to the forum!</p><p><br /></p><p>1886 was a busy year for the Philly mint, they put out almost 20 million Morgans (Which I believe is in the top 5 highest mintage years). </p><p><br /></p><p>What you see on a lot of the 1886 P Morgans are pretty strong strikes in the high points (Liberty&#039;s hair and the Eagle&#039;s breast), but relatively weak strikes on the outer portions of the die (Date, Stars, and Letters). And most of these coins will show strong flow lines on the outer portions of the coin that move towards the rim, here&#039;s a good example: <a href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=210023&amp;Lot_No=24676" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://coins.ha.com/common/view_item.php?Sale_No=210023&amp;Lot_No=24676" rel="nofollow">1886 $1 MS62 PCGS.</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This is generally attributed to too much strike force. The strike force was probably increased to keep the details strong, as the dies wore out.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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