I was 14yo in the early 80's, and I bought this coin and a few others. I probably thought it looked cool and that's all I considered. Is VF a rating that's no longer used? And what's that info in the lower left hand corner?
And now your 26? You've aged well since the 80's. VF is still used. The other info is the dealer's cost code.
Is that what my profile says? I have a habit of never using exact personal information on the internet. My real date of birth is something I try to keep private. Because we're all friends here, I'm 50.
I'd guess it's a code that only meant something to the dealer who sold it. Many dealers have codes like that to record how much they paid for the coin; they want to remember that when they're negotiating, although "how much you paid for a coin" isn't really relevant to "what it's worth now". Welcome to CoinTalk!
Not really concerned about how much it's worth. I know I paid full retail and that usually means a 100% markup. So maybe it was worth $12.
Yes it's still used--VF20 and VF30. VF looks a bit optimistic to me. You might want to re-post it as Grade This Morgan and see what others say. An image of the reverse would also help.
Problem is that this is a public forum. Anyone in the world can read it. So one must be careful what you write here. There are many here I would trust. There are also a lot of relatively new people who post but have not yet revealed enough of themselves for us to determine trustworthiness. On the other hand, there are some I don't agree with on everything but I would trust them because they have proven themselves here.
I checked your images with Photograde. It looks like VF20 to me. You might want to have a Morgan collector check to see if it's VAM of any importance. https://www.thespruce.com/vam-morgan-dollar-768404
In real life the coin looks a little different. Those images are magnified 100 times the size of a real coin, the thin plastic cover is scratched and foggy, and the cell phone camera is also iffy. I'm wonder what I should do. Should I take it to my local coin shop and ask for help?
I also put my birth date a bit off, just for privacy and security concerns. Yes, I can remember round screen B & W TV, 45 rpm records and all that. That is a nice old silver dollar up top there, they feel good in your hand, nice heft. Remember when you could walk in the bank and buy them for one green back?
