Regarding the heavily worn coin, all of those dates are good ones to have with an S mint mark. It very well may be possible to tell which date he...
Looks like VAM 17 to me, too. There are plenty of 1878 Morgans with a broken star point on the obverse. This was a result of a break on the hub....
From those pictures, it appears that the fields tend to call the shots when grading. The OP coin does look to have very clean fields, but are they...
Looks like a nice coin. The marks on the cheek are probably a mix of hits on the coin and marks on the planchet that weren't struck out. I don't...
Red flag for me in the OP is that you're not sure if the 78-S is proof or prooflike. There are no proof 78-S Morgans. This makes me think that...
Since I don't have any book recommendations, I'll just share this. [IMG] Are there book recommendations for 16th and 17th century Talers?
Abe Vigoda was the model for that coin, you know. [ATTACH]
While technically interesting, it's a strong candidate for this year's winner of the "just because you can, doesn't mean you should" category....
I spent close to a half hour on an 1878 7TF Morgan in FR2 before coming up with it being VAM 115. :) There may be others that I've spent a little...
One of the nicknames for that clash is the "Lincoln in Jail" clash.
The pictures of your coin are not of a high-enough level of detail to be able to discern anything about the digits. If what you have matches the...
You landed in an unfortunate gray area in VAMs. Technically, if the 't' is not visible, it is VAM 3C2, and there ends the short answer. The...
If you're looking for an 1899-dated Morgan dollar, buy an uncirculated 1899-O, as it is a common date. 1899 and 1899-S are better dates that will...
The doubling is pretty strong strike doubling. The pitted coin is probably VAM 3C3. Look to see if you have the double clashed 't' behind the...
You're two coins away from a complete Peace dollar set. The 28 will cost you a couple hundred, and the 28-S much less. I would parlay some of...
First of all, COOL! Now some questions. How long do you want this process to take? Do you want to liquidate some or all of the coins? Would...
These are the same Coin World holders I use for my variety attributions of raw coins.
And the "MS70" designation is a full disclosure of what was used to clean the coin first.
I still use it, but without all the photos you used to be able to view, it's not as useful. Pricing and auction info is still good.
Strike on New Orleans Morgans is pretty good in the earlier years, including 1880. Starting in 1882-3 you start seeing a lot of mediocre strikes....
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