1878 MORGAN CC MS64

Just picked this up for a great price and wanted to share it here for views and comments.

It is certainly a longshot, but I was curious about and VAM variations:

1878-CC VAM 6 Doubled Leaves and Ear. CC Mintmark Almost Touches Wreath
1878-CC VAM 11 Lines on Eagle’s Wing
1878-CC VAM 24/24A Doubled Leaves No Ear Doubling

Thanks all.

 

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Well, I do see the famous transposition error.

 

Do elaborate!

 

I’m not a VAM guy even though I have some.

 

Indeed. It's what made me click on this thread. MS-46?

 

Dyslexia much??

 

I though it's been stamped out by D.A.M. (Mothers Against Dyslexia?)

 

Oh yeah, small typo. Thanks for being mature about it though!

 

1st very very nice pickup. I'd jump in on the vam but to be honest I haven't even figured out the vam for my 78cc yet.. what can I say I'm lazy

 

Best we can do around here is pretending to be mature.

 

Let's be honest, for this group that WAS mature

 

Thanks for having a thick skin.

 

The NGC images are below and may help VAM it. Not my area of expertise by a long shot. But a really nice coin. Cal

 

That is a MUCH better photo! Solid pickup! Congrats! Nice. VAM? They make my head hurt. If it's not obvious and I'm curious enough, I'll send to VSS unless it's raw and want it graded. They will label the reverse of a coin already slabbed.

 

Mature? We can't have a little fun without you taking things the wrong way? I think a thicker skin was mentioned earlier. It wasn't really needed. Just to take things in the spirit intended and have a laugh or two. If one gets their knickers up in a bunch on such a trivial matter then one is taking himself a tad too serious....

 

I miss Charley. I hope he is okay.

 

I think my dry British humour has gone over your head a little bit haha. No hard feelings at all. Thought it was quite entertaining that a typo caused all this.
Any comments on the coin or...? lol

 

If you are trying to figure out the VAM, an easy way to do it is get a loupe or scope, some good lighting, and check out vamworld.com. There you will find all listed VAMS for your coin (not just the top 100 listings) and should be able to figure it out.

 

I use a scope. My eyes see poorly up close. A "decent" coin scope can be had cheaply for about 30 bucks, albeit it's not great for an entire coin and it's black and white photos.

I can do most of the major VAMS myself with the use of VAM Worlds online library. Where I find it lacking is they omit photos of the many of the common clashes that are the major pickup points that guide you to the right VAM. I'm terrible at doubled ears, near date, far date, left centered mint mark, standard mint mark, right centered mint, set high, set low, etc etc etc. It's a deep dive into the weeds for me at that point. Die chips are off the table, its quantam physics to me at the point.

 

My scope has a function to turn vertical and horizontal lines on/off, but moving their positions relative to the screen is an exercise in futility. Holding the button down to move it does nothing so you have to click it repeatedly. I think one click is 1 pixel lol! It drives me crazy so I usually just leave them off