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Once I put a coin into a mylar flip, I rarely take it out again. The chaos I live in (with a 3-year old who loves all things shiny and now a...
The doubled R and almost all of the date chips look like VAM113, but there's no flake on the cheek. Also, I noticed what seems to be doubling...
It looks like parallel feathers on the fletching. How do I judge the length of the nock? [ATTACH] There's also what appears to be a repunched...
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Sorry - switching between phone pics and the laptop, I seem to have gotten 2 coins mixed. I'll try again and see if I can get this right.
Anyone care to weigh in on the polishing lines in my last picture? I'd say these are raised and indicate that the die was polished - does that...
Also, did I mention die chips on both "hips" of the first 8 in the date (1881)?
There are some interesting oddities here. Doubled denticles above the N in uNum. Tripled denticles (or some other kind of clash) in the denticles...
What do you make of this coin? As with others, I'm working on pegging down the VAM. But, I'd like to start out by saying this is a fairly pretty...
Here are a few of the things that stand out to me. The mintmark seems to have a diagonal strike through the loop. And there's a strange dimple on...
I picked this up the other day, and think it is a clear 7 feathers variety. But I'm less sure of the VAM. Where do you start on ID'ing the VAMs...
Thanks. I hadn't come across that term before. A search led to this interesting page: https://www.monstertonedmorgans.com/all-about-toned-morgans
I'm going to pick one up that nice someday. I like the design, but circulation was NOT kind to it.
The large S seems to have a ding near the center, unfortunately (although this could be from the die - the fields are so pristine on this I have...
Would you consider this worthy of a Deep Mirror Proof Like designation? Where do you draw the line on a Morgan for those attributes? I'm also...
I'm leaning towards VAM-53 based on the large S and the die chips. Thoughts? Also, any idea what causes the interesting inverse shadow effect...
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