The overall look screams Chinese counterfeit and as soon as you look at
the date, it becomes clear this is a slam dunk, no question, no debate
fake. Reported it too, you do the same, save the hobby.
This is NOT a legit 1889CC. My guess, its a harshly cleaned 1889P Morgan
with an added mintmark. The mintmark pictured is NOT a Mint product, it
sorta resembles the MM used in 1878, sorta. The 3rd image is an example
of the mintmark used in 1889, in ...
The rolls you see on Ebay are a gimmick/racket. 85p on one side and and
a cc on the other, probabaly a 82, 83, or 84 making it appear there
might be a 85cc inside. If your knew to Morgans read and stick to
slabbed coins, PCGS, NGC, ANACS, and ICG
The Chinese will fake anything, check out Aliexpress, you can basically
buy any U.S. coin for peanuts and sell it on Ebay for serious profit.
Ebay doesn't care, I've been reporting fake 85CC's that are so obvious,
I'm talking not a leg to stand on fa...
Very easy to see, no doubt it, not a leg to stand on. Sellers often say
the same thing, " had a dealer check it out and determined it's
genuine". Have heard this **bleep** hundreds/thousands of times. One of
two things, the dealer doesn't know up fro...
The 1st 2 images are from the seller, the 3rd is of a legit mintmark.
This is a slam dunk in your face counterfeit, no questions asked, no
doubt about it.
Ebay only allows a few minutes to edit, "This is what a fake 1889 CC
Morgan looks like" is the title I wanted. The 3rd image is from the web,
of a legit mintmark used in 1889 and for all other CC morgans except the
1878. Plus in 1880, the Mint did us...