How do you tell between a real and fake Morgan??

[Larsmed]

Hello

I am wondering if the Morgan dollar with 1896 stamped on it is a fake or not? My buddy gave it to me 5 years ago for being his best man.

I have read about the chinese counterfittiing operations specifically for morgans!

Does anyone know how to tell the difference?

Larry

 

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[Siegfried Schlagrule]

people used to stamp and engrave dates and words and names on coins for various reasons. If the stamped date doesn't match the regular date on the coin it meant something to the person who did it. Maybe a wedding date and maybe a birth date. Not everybody was born with a silver spoon in his mouth but nearly every grandpa could give his grandkids a silver coin to teeth on. The date could be the birthdate of the grandkid. siegfried schlagrule

 

[jeff of pa]

Hello

I am wondering if the Morgan dollar with 1896 stamped on it is a fake or not? My buddy gave it to me 5 years ago for being his best man.

I have read about the chinese counterfittiing operations specifically for morgans!

Does anyone know how to tell the difference?

Larry

do you mean 1896 is stamped on it like this ?




If You know anything about silver coins it should be easy to
tell if it's silver

Just go to a coin site or here & Compare a real one for slight differences
number of stars tail feathers etc.

just out of Curiosity
Look at the Bottom center of the Bird.
where the O is
does yours have a Letter ?

O ? S ? None ?



by the way

I'd say under the Circumstances Your Buddy gave you a real one

 

[djui5]

Best way to stay safe is to buy graded coins from a reputable dealer Only buy coins graded by PCGS or NGC.

Post a picture of the said coin if you can and I'll tell you if it's fake or not.

 

[Jeffro]

1896 is a pretty common date, I have all of them. More than likely it's the real deal.

 

[montyhall]

If you look at the Chinese Fake Trade dollars, and Morgans, they are pretty easy to tell...I can tell that now that i have bought 5 fake trade dollars. They use a cast method, instead of using dies. There will almost always be little holes that didn't get filled in. Obviously the cast coins dint have the detail that struck coins have. Bet yours is real...Unless he bought it on Fleabay..lol

 

[MINELABMIKE]

ALSO THE FAKE MORGANS WILL STICK TO A MAGNET.

 

[Old Dog]

get yourself a 10x glass and look at the fields of the coin.
If they are smooth the coin is genuine.

If they are lumpy and semi pitted looking, the coin is a cast fake.
It's that simple.

Thom

 

[shanegalang]

Also, if I'm not mistaken you can weigh them. I dont think the fakes will weigh the same as a true Morgan which weighs 26.73 grams. I assume it would be very hard, even for the Chinese to match that weight with another , cheap alloy.

 

[Juanmoretime]

The fake one says "Made in Japan"on the back!!

Sorry, just couldn't pass that up!