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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;CTRollHunter, post: 1827944, member: 41919&quot;]<u><b>MY BEST (almost circulation) FIND EVER!</b></u></p><p><br /></p><p>So, I was at the bank a few weeks ago getting a dime box.&nbsp; The teller asked what I needed so many dimes for and I told her I was collecting coins.&nbsp; The guy behind me hears this and mentions he has a few old coins he was trying to sell for spot at the pawn shop, but they did not offer him much.&nbsp; I said I was sure I could pay more and would be glad to take a look.</p><p><br /></p><p>We go back to the parking lot and he retrieves 3 coins from his car: all of them are silver dollars!&nbsp; There are two Morgans and one Peace dollar.&nbsp; The Peace dollar (1922) is BU.&nbsp; One of the Morgans (1921) is in good shape (AU/BU) but the other is well worn.&nbsp; The worn dollar actually has a couple of semi-circular scratches on it where someone put it in a coin counting machine!&nbsp; I offer him $15 for the worn Morgan and $20 for each of the two nice looking (AU/BU) dollars.&nbsp; He says that is more than the pawn shop offered him, takes the $55 and is happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>There are so many well worn Morgan dollars worth nothing more than spot that I did not even look at the date of the third coin until about an hour later.&nbsp; When I did, I was surprised to see 1893.&nbsp; I was even more surprised to see an S mintmark on the back.</p><p><br /></p><p>Cool, I have only a few Morgan dollars and none with a mintmark.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still did not realize what I had.&nbsp; When I looked it up, I was shocked to see a mintage of only 100,000!&nbsp; 1893-S is THE KEY DATE MORGAN DOLLAR.&nbsp; But it is also the most commonly counterfeited.&nbsp; So I send it to NGC and now I know IT IS GENUINE!&nbsp; Here are pics:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]301185[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]301186[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]301190[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301189[/ATTACH]</p><p>If you look closely you can see a semi-circular scratch through &quot;ONE DOLLA&quot; on the reverse: that&#039;s from someone putting it in a coin counting machine!&nbsp; NGC graded the coin genuine, VG, damaged (because of the scratches).</p><p><br /></p><p>Even so, it is THE RAREST and MOST VALUABLE &quot;circulation&quot; find I have ever made, even if it cost me 15x face value!&nbsp; And, to me, the scratches (almost) add to the coin: I can just picture someone putting the rarest Morgan dollar in a coin counting machine...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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