Uncirculated Silver Dollar
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011How can you tell if the coin is uncirculated Morgan?
The 1921 Morgan Silver Dollar.
The first place a Morgan shows the wear on the hair on the ear on the obverse (front), and in the center of the chest of the eagle on the reverse, so if this watch all the "flatness" in these places, it can be to wear. However, Morgan did not always hit bottom, so a coin can be flat in these places and still be uncirculated. How to say in these cases is to tilt the piece back and forth while looking (You may need a magnifying glass to do this). The "gloss" on the part will be "broken" on these points - as you tilt the coin, the how it reflects light will change, but it should change the same way during the entire room. As you tilt the coin, if the spots like suddenly, they reflect light differently (especially if they suddenly dull compared to the rest of the room), it probably wear. The best way to learn what it is like to take some coins from your change that resemble their Uncirculated, and see if you can see the effect. BTW, it is possible for two people to look the same coin, and that this is an Uncirculated and a another to say it is not. You have to look a lot of coins to get good at ranking.