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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 764339, member: 13650&quot;]It&#039;s a bag toned Morgan.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you study up on the history of Morgan dollars you will find that the production of them was government mandated, mainly to help out silver mining interests.&nbsp; They weren&#039;t necessarily needed in commerce.&nbsp; &nbsp; Not in the quantities they produced anyway.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; So, millions of them sat in burlap bags in mint vaults from their day of production for several decades, going unused.&nbsp;&nbsp; This is why there are so many affordable, high MS examples left today.&nbsp; &nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp; Anyway, while they were sitting in those bags, the bag material caused a chemical reaction on the surface of the coins that was in contact with it.&nbsp; As you can imagine, some coins overlapped others, thereby protecting portions of the surfaces of those outside coins.&nbsp;&nbsp; That&#039;s how you get the different sized crescent toning patterns on them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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