Fake Morgan Silver Dollars | Buying

matherman · 2025-09-04T01:25:04.741000Z

I recently bought five Morgan dollars on eBay that looked like a good deal. I was purchasing them as culls, so I didnâ€™t expect anything special â€” just some well-worn coins. What I didnâ€™t expect was for them to be outright fakes.As soon as I opened the package, something felt off. I compared one to a genuine Morgan by stacking them slightly off-center, and then performed a sound test â€” they failed immediately. That confirmed my suspicion.Lesson learned: only buy from reputable sellers, especially when dealing with coins. This seller was based in the U.S. and had a handful of decent reviews, but now I wonder if they sprinkled in real coins at first, or if past buyers just didnâ€™t realize they were scammed. I assumed it was someone unloading a batch of culls, but clearly that wasnâ€™t the case. Wonâ€™t make that mistake again.I issued a return under â€œitem not as described,â€ since they listed the coins as U.S. silver when they were not. Hopefully that avoids any hassle with eBay.One detail that stood out right away was the artificial toning â€” the high points were shiny while the recessed areas were darker. It looked like they applied something to tarnish the surface, then wiped it back to make the coins appear older. After doing some checking, I even found fake Morgans being sold on Amazon, so it seems these sellers may be buying high-quality counterfeits, dirtying them up, and passing them off as genuine.

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