Question about a 1921 Morgan

I purchased this over a year ago, for no other reason than it was BU, graded, but more because it seemed very odd (and I snagged it during a middle of the day, midweek auction for about $50). What is going on with the obverse of this coin? Looks like a doubled profile, some minor clashing under the chin. I don't even care about VAMs for the 21's, so many it's not worth researching. I guess my question is that........is this a VAM or some other kind of abnormality??? I found an old saved image of it, thought I'd ask the class.

 

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Usually it's "Strike doubling" or "machine doubling (same thing). I also see toning which makes it look more pronounced.

 

All of that is above my pay grade. You got some splainin' to do Lucy.

 

Ewwww! Ricky, here you go honey.....
Wexler's Coins and Die Varieties

 

Fairly common. Kinda like a worn die.

 

love the obverse, the doubling is very pronounced due to bright back stop
for only $50 bucks a great buy

 

I love the coin too. Congrats on a great pickup. I like "odd" too so it naturally appeals to me.

Bruce

 

Looks like advanced die deterioration doubling to me - they worked these dies long and hard in '21...

 

Seems that 21' had quite a few die pairing that the obverse profile was doubled. Check VAM 20 and 20A.
1921 P D1 Reverse Page - VAMWorld

 

WoW! You can really get confused there. No wonder why people don't seek the variety.

 

Don't think it's the V20, 20A This looks to be a 16-berry reverse. The V20 has a 17-berry reverse. Doesn't seem to be any cracks, so can't use the crack guide One could try to match it with the scribble guide, but we'd need a close up of the leg breast gap. This is a tough one

 

And that explains why I’m not a variety collector. I have some varieties but I don’t go after them.

 

Me either. I like the easy ones. Seems I've gotten the bug to collect 1886 VAM 1-C Top 50 clashes though. In order, MS67, MS66, MS65PL and MS64.

 

That’s a fairly common date so it should be affordable.

 

Here are a few more double profile Vams. The scribbles most of them are where JAY-AR circled in his photo.
Check these ones out. V45, 62, 64, 97, 116, and 134. These are the double profile for the 16 berry rev.
Some of them are as easy as doubling on the Phrygian cap or polishing lines ER of Liberty, or RT of Liberty.
Shouldn't be that hard.

 

I'll just take your word for it, thanks for trying. But no effort will be given by me. 1921 issues give me a headache. If you look at them they really do not look like any previous Morgans on the reverse, I think they had to reinvent the dies?

I've told this story more than once. The raw coin that PCGS ended up grading 67 was purchased for a little more than 50 bucks, plus shipping. There was little to no interest on eBay. Later I checked out the seller, they are a trinket/curiousity shop that doesn't really sell coins. Somebody likely pilfered Grandpa's collection and sold it to them for melt or less. The seller had no idea what they had in hand. Finders keepers!!

 

Send it to me I will VAM it for ya!