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<p>[QUOTE="raider34, post: 1115550, member: 16402"]It depends, there are different obverse and reverse designs, depending on the year. For the 1921 Morgans (P, D, S) they have a noticeably different design. In 1910, the original Morgan Dollar Hubs and Master dies were destroyed. According to David Bowers a 1878 7 tf reverse of 1878 Morgan was used as a model for the new hub (though modifications were made). </p><p><br /></p><p>All 1921 Morgans are Obverse IV, compared to the Obverse III, the "normal" Morgan dollar obverse (1879-1904), Obverse IV (1921) has a different upper and lower lip, different cotton bolls, missing eyelash, stronger hair lines, no crease above chin, nose not as strongly engraved, and some lettering differences. The reverse is significantly different too.</p><p><br /></p><p>On the Morgan, the rim does look a little strange (towards the right side), but that could just be the pics. Design wise, nothing jumps out as counterfeit, so I'm leaning towards it being genuine.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="raider34, post: 1115550, member: 16402"]It depends, there are different obverse and reverse designs, depending on the year. For the 1921 Morgans (P, D, S) they have a noticeably different design. In 1910, the original Morgan Dollar Hubs and Master dies were destroyed. According to David Bowers a 1878 7 tf reverse of 1878 Morgan was used as a model for the new hub (though modifications were made). All 1921 Morgans are Obverse IV, compared to the Obverse III, the "normal" Morgan dollar obverse (1879-1904), Obverse IV (1921) has a different upper and lower lip, different cotton bolls, missing eyelash, stronger hair lines, no crease above chin, nose not as strongly engraved, and some lettering differences. The reverse is significantly different too. On the Morgan, the rim does look a little strange (towards the right side), but that could just be the pics. Design wise, nothing jumps out as counterfeit, so I'm leaning towards it being genuine.[/QUOTE]
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