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<p>[QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 1941992, member: 37839"]This is a great article. Most people who do not know Morgan Dollars well, assume that all New Orleans dates are poorly struck, verging on the "AU" look, for mint state coins. This is about as true as all San Francisco mint coins being wonderfully struck--I have even seen examples of 1882s coins being average or below average strikes (this is one of the best dates for strike that exists in the Morgan world). Strike at all mints is very variable, especially in the 1880s, and before--dies were far less sophisticated, and presses were nowhere near as reliable and consistent as they are in the modern era. Thus, strike variations are significant in ALL mints and for virtually ALL Morgan dates--two identical date and mint examples in the same condition (by both TPG and Doug's standards) can vary wildly in strike quality. Was the New Orleans mint notorious for producing weak strikes overall? Yes, there are a lot of substandard strikes from this mint, and it is a disproportionate amount, compared to Philadelphia, or Carson City, or at times, San Francisco. However, the article is quite accurate that there are nicely struck examples of New Orleans mint coins for certain dates--I could put the obverse for the date on the table and you would consider the sample coin a good strike, and if you turned said coin over, it would have an "o" mintmark.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Morgandude11, post: 1941992, member: 37839"]This is a great article. Most people who do not know Morgan Dollars well, assume that all New Orleans dates are poorly struck, verging on the "AU" look, for mint state coins. This is about as true as all San Francisco mint coins being wonderfully struck--I have even seen examples of 1882s coins being average or below average strikes (this is one of the best dates for strike that exists in the Morgan world). Strike at all mints is very variable, especially in the 1880s, and before--dies were far less sophisticated, and presses were nowhere near as reliable and consistent as they are in the modern era. Thus, strike variations are significant in ALL mints and for virtually ALL Morgan dates--two identical date and mint examples in the same condition (by both TPG and Doug's standards) can vary wildly in strike quality. Was the New Orleans mint notorious for producing weak strikes overall? Yes, there are a lot of substandard strikes from this mint, and it is a disproportionate amount, compared to Philadelphia, or Carson City, or at times, San Francisco. However, the article is quite accurate that there are nicely struck examples of New Orleans mint coins for certain dates--I could put the obverse for the date on the table and you would consider the sample coin a good strike, and if you turned said coin over, it would have an "o" mintmark.[/QUOTE]
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