Picked this up today. Don't have my endoscope handy, so I apologize for the quality of these pics. Apparently, the variety I picked out is a...
Picked these up at a coin show today (1881-S & 1882-S). From what I can find, these were promotional items for opening a new account with the...
It seems like the mint is still running a lot of ads for these on eBay. My guess is that a lot of them are unsold and about to be melted down....
If memory serves, there are 5 varieties of Monitor CWT. Fascinating little "cheesebox on a raft". If you haven't read the story of its isanely...
A likely story.
And, the reveal: [ATTACH]
Any last guesses on the grade? I'll post the reveal tonight.
Do you really need to encourage me??? ;)
D'oh! Yeah, I'm not sure why the thread tools disallow edits so quickly. I routinely fix typos that are a year+ old on other forums and miss the...
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Another 1880-s that may be that little bit more reflective side by side with another MS Morgan... [ATTACH]
Ditto! I'm waiting on a big truck of money to show up at my door first though.
I agree that 3a seems like the best candidate, but I'm curious why the die scratch is missing from the reverse. Could the obverse have been...
There are die cracks that run through the tips of both wings, and veer up sharply towards the edge as seen on the VAM-47: [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...
Here's the thin description and photo examples of the VAM: http://ec2-13-58-222-16.us-east-2.compute.amazonaws.com/wiki/1900-O_VAM-47
I'm diagnosing this based on the centered mint mark and the near (or very near) date. There's also very mild die cracks that indicate that this...
Thre was a period of time where the Morgan dollar had substantially less than a dollar's worth of intrinsic value. This meant that after...
So, a Vegetarian Morgan?
I see some similarity on the date placement, but none of the die clash or die cracks. I'm wondering if this could be a very late stage die of 3a...
Maybe. I'm seeing some of the same indicators. Like the clash between "In" and "god": [ATTACH] Also, the clashed letter (listed on 3a as a...
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