Morgan Dollar 1878 CC 0

[Diemguarns]

Hello, what do you think these marks on the face of the Liberty head in the obverse could be?

 

Thanks,

 

Diego.

[jimbo27]

Could be if your coin was in a big bag of morgans and the edge of other coins hitting yours when the bag was moved. They are called reed marks or bag marks I think. Back in the day they were not gentle with them. Maybe someone else will have a better idea, but this is all I could think of.

Edited January 21, 2022 by jimbo27

[MarkFeld]

On 1/21/2022 at 5:24 AM, jimbo27 said:

Could be if your coin was in a big bag of morgans and the edge of other coins hitting yours when the bag was moved. They are called reed marks or bag marks I think. Back in the day they were not gentle with them. Maybe someone else will have a better idea, but this is all I could think of.

I don’t think I’ve ever seen reeding marks like that/to that extent before. My guess is that it’s some other type of post-production damage.

[gmarguli]

They're too big to be bag marks. Some sort of post-mint damage. 

Maybe damage from a slot machine?

[Coinbuf]

Looks a bit like marks from a tool like a vice grip or plyers, unfortunately only the person that used the tool to apply those marks will ever know for sure.   All anyone now can deduce is that those marks are damage after the coin left the mint.

[Mohawk]

Hi Diego,

I'm with the others.....the marks are some kind of post minting damage, unfortunately.

[RWB]

Damage -- possibly from someone running a gear over it, or pliers, or a very very old and hard lemon.