Mikhail2400

Very nice finds! I really like the 97, from the pics it appears to be a sharp looking coin.

$10 well spent in my opinion. Not only did you learn a valuable, yet cheap, lesson you also received a token/reminder to help you remember the lesson and its a good conversation piece. If it were mine I would put it in a capsule with a label saying "If it seems too good to be true it probably is" and I would call it my "Captain Morgan".

I found two silver eagles my dad had, 91 & 97, that were in their mint boxes but the boxes were cut to fit the coins without a protective case (when did the mint ship eagles in boxes cut like that??). They were both obverse side up and both have a slightly dark toning with hints of color to them and one had some colored toning on the reverse. Ive read other accounts of eagles being placed in envelopes like yours were and toning very nicely.

I ran across the first pic on ebay and immediately thought 'FAKE'. The reverse of that coin is covered completely in a golden tone. So ive seen the faked tone coin and browsed around a bit more and ran across an even more amazingly toned coin but this time the toning on the obverse was matched by what was on the reverse. Now the most amazing thing about the 2nd coin is that it comes slabbed in a PCGS case with a rating of MS6.

LOL, I was on Ebay and I saw an auction for 3 wheat pennies, 1916 S, 1929 D and a 1932. What caught my eye was all 3 coins appeared to be a very pretty red color and all 3 coins were the same exact shade of red. There was only the obv. and rev. pictures and neither allowed magnification so you cant really look at the coins. So I looked at the sellers name and it was north-east-auction. I had just read your post yesterday so the name rang a bell immediately. Thanks for sharing the knowledge with those of us less experienced in this hobby. P.S. Im starting to think coin collecting and masturbation have alot in common. They should both be done alone, behind closed doors and with the understanding that those who dont share our particular interests dont wish to watch us engage in it.

LOL, now I feel silly. I really should have caught that but I never put it under my scope. I looked at it under a 10x glass but with 25 years of welding behind me my eyesight up close is horrible. I missed that wearing 2.75 power reading glasses with the coin under my 10x glass. Its time to see the eye doctor I guess. Thank you VKurtB.

I have the 2021 reverse proof eagle set of coins and I noticed the type 2 coin had a W mint mark on the obverse side and a S mint mark on the reverse side. I also have a 2021 MS 70 type 2 which also has the W mint mark on the obverse but it doesnt have the S on the reverse. So my question is why does the reverse proof have what looks like two different mint marks. When i go to the Mints page on that set of coins it says this about the "original design" coins; Each coin with the original designs bears the “W” mint mark reflecting it’s striking at the West Point Mint. (My reverse proof type 1 coin has no mint marks at all) The Mint page says this about the "new design"; Each coin with the new designs bears the “S” mint mark reflecting its striking at the San Francisco Mint. So did the mint screw up or what?

Thats just depressing!!!

Just to be on the safe side ill be sure to give it a second bath but you may be seeing a reflection. I reload ammo and I take the pictures on my reloading desk. Ive been using a green ammo can to lay my phone on to take the pictures and if you look the green can be seen at the bottom of the pictures. Where the ammo can is at. Ill be sure to use a black can in the future.

Ok I hit the 1885 with acetone and since over half of the Morgans were kept in the same 2x2 plastic pocket page I guess I will have to do them also. All of them since I dont recall which ones came from it. I wore latex gloves when using the acetone and when I finished the glove where I held the coin at was light green, gloves were blue. Also the little bit of acetone left over was the same light green color but slightly darker. Anyway heres the coin again;

10-4 guys I will get on that ASAP. Thanks for the tip.

Ive seen someone reference "dipping" coins several times but I have no idea what they are talking about. Dip them in what?