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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jtlee321, post: 3262403, member: 73983&quot;]So I picked up this very interesting 1889 Morgan Dollar yesterday.&nbsp; It was originally in a NGC MS-63 holder, but it was pretty beat up and I could not improve it enough to properly image this coin.&nbsp; So I cracked it out, I don&#039;t do this too often and it was my first NGC holder to crack open.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, what really got me going with this Morgan is the die state.&nbsp; 1889 has quite a few sunken obverse die&#039;s listed on VAM world, but I could not match this one up at all.&nbsp; This particular one has a very nice sunken reverse die as well (reminiscent of the &#039;83-O VAM-1C).&nbsp; It appears to be a very far date with doubled ear obverse.&nbsp; There is also remnants of an old clash on the obverse around Liberty&#039;s lips and neck as well as on the reverse.&nbsp; There is a light die crack running along the top of NIT of UNITED on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>Let&#039;s see if anyone can help me attribute this or maybe it&#039;s a new VAM altogether?&nbsp; I will summon the usual suspects, but I welcome everyone&#039;s opinion. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=75818]@Dave Waterstraat[/USER] </p><p>[USER=73448]@heavycam.monstervam[/USER] </p><p>[USER=1765]@messydesk[/USER] </p><p>[USER=75984]@Cascade[/USER] </p><p><br /></p><p>If I forgot someone, I apologize.</p><p><br /></p><p>The images below are shown in two different lighting techniques, one is a traditional which most of you are used to.&nbsp; The other is axial, which mimics the look of having the light source coming directly from the lens.&nbsp; Because of this, the coin has a very different look, but it really shows off the texture of the surface and does not show luster at all.&nbsp; The images of the obverse and reverse are going to be in full resolution, so it may cause some slow load times for some of you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here is the obverse and reverse images using traditional lighting.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.wildlightphotoworkshops.com/CoinTalk/1889-Morgan-Dollar-Obverse-Traditional-Lighting-Max.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.wildlightphotoworkshops.com/CoinTalk/1889-Morgan-Dollar-Reverse-Traditional-Lighting-Max.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><img src="http://www.wildlightphotoworkshops.com/CoinTalk/1889-Morgan-Dollar-Obverse-Axial-Lighting-Max.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> <img src="http://www.wildlightphotoworkshops.com/CoinTalk/1889-Morgan-Dollar-Reverse-Axial-Lighting-Max.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /> </p><p><br /></p><p>Here are some detail images of the lip clash and neck clash.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]858394[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]858395[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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