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Old 05-04-2012, 01:40 PM
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Put dish soap on it and sprayed with hot water again.
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Old 05-04-2012, 09:34 PM
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HOLY COW! You lucky dog you! Congrats on a fantastic find. I think Ms. Morgan is on ALL our lists of coins to find. Where do you go from here? Gold is the answer. Good luck. : )
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Old 05-08-2012, 10:26 AM
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Awesome find! I absolutely love Morgans! One day I hope to stumble upon one as well!

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Old 05-09-2012, 11:03 AM
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Absolutely awesome coin! GREAT find! Definitely on my "most wanted" list, also...

CONGRATS!!! She's beautiful!

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Old 05-09-2012, 12:57 PM
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I wish I would find something like that one day maybe when I move off the beach I'll strike some big silver

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Old 05-09-2012, 05:19 PM
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From the mint, to the bank, to the holey pocket, to the dirt. Great find!

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Congrats on the Morgan. 1878 was the first year they were minted. The very first ones had 8 tail feathers on the eagle. When it was pointed out to the mint that 8 tail feathers on the eagle was anatomically incorrect, they stopped production, and re-struck the ones they had not yet put in circulation. those are called 7 over 8 tail feather Morgans. So in 1878 there were 7 tail feather, 8 tail feather, and 7 over 8 tail feather Morgans.
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Thats a really nice Morgan, Congrats.

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Congrats. You found one of my favorite coins.

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Old 05-10-2012, 12:03 AM
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The silver coin everyone (including me) wants to find, and in incredible condition! I can only imagine the rush of that big silver... so awesome!

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This forest site has been real good to us. Same spot my fiance found a 1904 Barber quarter last fall. Funny thing is, I almost stopped hunting the site since the last couple trips there were really slow! Finding a Morgan has always been on the top of my list. Im still shocked to have found one, but in this condition and being a first year Morgan, thats just mind blowing...It was quite the rush.

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Old 05-10-2012, 12:37 AM
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Congradulations. Looks like it cleaned up pretty nice too. Mr. Morgan would be proud of you.
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big congrats on the Morg!

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Fantastic! The thrill of finding that beauty will last a long time! Congrats.

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That is a beautiful piece of silver there! Congrats on the awesome find.
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Oooooooooh! Nice one!

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NICE, big silvers are pretty rare these days in the wild....

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Amazing!!!

When do you guys think something like that was dropped. I remember reading that there was a glut of them made before the turn of the century, and many of them didn't make it out of the mint for several decades? I am thinking that the morgans were out there as a novelty or something, but still only worth $1 well into the 20th century, right?

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They were in circulation in the 20th century. They were even used in Las Vegas slot machines before they switched to tokens.
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