1878-P 7 over 8 TF Morgan Doubled Feathers

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OMG, Bob...that wasn't a quick reply, it was an incredible display of your knowlege of VAMs which confuse the heck out of me..way too complicated. Thanks so much for "uncomplicating" it a little bit. I've always been afraid to post on this site. I've seen quite a few of the more knowledgeable folk blast less educated folk asking simple question. You, dear Bob, are sweet, kind and generous with your knowledge. Thank you for sharing with me. Another kind person posted 7/8 TF reverse pics so at least my coin is the strong feathers. Now, thanks to your help, I'm going to check out the VAM 44. Again, thank you so much for your help. God Bless, Terri

 

Some helpful info regarding taking pics with cell phones. Put your phone on a soup can, coffee mug etc, this avoids camera shake, and the coin on a solid color background, white, grey or black is best for silver. Then raise the coin and background on something until the coin fills the phone screen. Use lighting at 10 o'clock, 2 o'clock at a minimum, but preferably another light at coin level at 6 o'clock. Play with the distances between coin and lighting until you achieve a result you are happy with. If there is still too much glare reflecting off the coin, diffuse the lighting with opaque plastic, oven paper or tracing paper etc.
When satisfied save to your computer. Crop the saved image to the coin's edges to remove all un-necessary background and save.
On your post after any text, go to the bottom and click the Upload a File button. Select your saved file and double click it and it will appear as a thumbnail at the bottom with two options. Click on Full Image for each one you upload. This creates a large image in your post which is enlargeable even further when a member clicks on the image. The very knowledgeable members here can then give your coin their best attention.
Hope this will be of some help, cell phone cameras these days are actually very good.
As an aside, good luck with your health issues, continue positive thinking and best of luck to you.

 

The only thing I would add to this great guidance is to use the camera timer delay of 5 seconds so that you are not touching the phone or camera when the shutter snaps.

 

Thanks, I forgot that bit, LOL