Congrats on the accomplishments! The die progressions on the V-41 are very interesting.:thumb:
From the color on the reverse it looks like fire damage it me, but I'm not really sure.
It looks like a die gouge to me.
Great presentation Connor, very informative! You just gotta' love those educational notes too.
Lol I'm with RickieB, imo it's either, I've inherited some coins and need help, or, I found this coin, what's it worth.
It's post mint damage, no way something like that could happen at the mint. It looks like that section was drilled out and then soldered back on...
For $17 each you didn't do bad, that's about what they go for. The Peace dollar is harshly cleaned, but the Morgan is a nice problem free example.
Looks like VAM33, possibly the 33A, depending on the clash marks, it looks like they're there just not as strong as the example on VAMworld.
Van Allen and Mallis (Leroy Van Allen and George Mallis). They wrote the Comprehensive Catalog and Encyclopedia on Morgan and Peace Dollars. It's...
There are deals to be had out there, but you have to sift through all the other junk to find them. There were a couple of higher priced VAMs that...
I agree with Lehigh, imo those pics are taken under diffused light, and look pretty juiced. So it's hard to say AT or NT, my guess from those pics...
Both look like post mint damage. The first auction, the coins are "dryer coins", they were caught in the fin of a commercial dryer, it gives off...
The RedBook is the pricing guide, though the prices are usually on the high side, but it has a ton of great info. NumisMedia is a good site, and...
I saw this over on VAMworld and wasn't really sure what happened either. My first though was post mint damage, it looks like the O was banged up,...
I would be on the lookout for some of the more popular VAMs, especially that 1878 8tf VAM 9, I've been able to cherrypick 2 so far (1 at a show...
Here's mine: 1893-CC Morgan Dollar MS63 Price= $5,600 (2x) 1889-CC Morgan Dollars G4 Price=$475...
Mike said he got yours, it's on the page before this one. Did you send it through AOL, because there seems to be a problem sending from AOL to...
I wouldn't call it a cover up, or over-hyping the coins. The fact is coins are hard to photograph, but Heritage, imo takes pretty good pics, but...
I agree, I wouldn't rely on the NGC images, but at the same to you really can't rely on the Heritage pics either. My guess is the coin in hand...
They don't look like scans to me, they look like pictures. It could just be from the NGC image but it looks like there is a fingerprint on the...
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