Ok,,,heres my lattest pickup...a nice Unc. (MS-63ish Im thinking) Morgan raw, dated 1879-S. I go for quality and the obv. is a nice pl with Morgans face having amazing frost for the grade... The rev. is prob a MS-64 but unfortunatly with little frost or mirrors...Now I eventually (after my Gettysburg comes back in maybe a month +) would like to send this Morgan in to NGC and be slabbed/// however I would also like to remove some of the toning that has occured over the yrs and do not have any of the silver dip stuff that most people use ... I would like to hear any suggestions about how with home-products one can NOT clean a coin but "take it for a bath." Now I like orig. coins and hate overdipped Morgans so Im not looking to soak it in HCL acid for 24 hrs or something like that. Also I have included pics of the ribbon on the rev. and just from hearing around with VAMs that there is one where there appear to be horizontal lines insidethe ribbon which I believe may be the case here...any comments on that are also much appreciated Ive visited VAMworld but cant seem to pin-point it...Happy New Year to all and heres to another yr of coincollecting -Dom
Nice looking coin. I would not dip this one, as you will probably lose all that frost. Obverse looks PL to me, but hard to tell from those pics.
ooo ok..I had assumed that the frost would remain but if it could come off...def. not worth it thanks alot!!!!!
An acid-thiourea dip is the only "safe" method. You'd better know exactly what you're doing if you use it. If you soak that coin in HCl, you will completely ruin it. Use of the classic coin solvents will be completely ineffective. Best to leave this coin alone IMO.
Your photos don't provide enough detail to attribute it. I don't know how thoroughly you searched VAMWorld, but here is the page you need to search. Chris 1879-S Reverse of 1879, Slanted Arrow Feather, Short Nock C3a - Mint mark centered and upright 1879-S VAM-1 Normal Die, Closed 9 1879-S VAM-1C Pitted Face 1879-S VAM-1A Polished 8 1879-S VAM-1B Hair Ribbon 1879-S VAM-2 Open 9 1879-S VAM-16 Double 9 1879-S VAM-16A Double 9, Gouge in Bow 1879-S VAM-16B Doubled 9, Polished Reverse 1879-S VAM-20 Doubled 18 1879-S VAM-26 Doubled 879, Thread-Like Impression Eye 1879-S VAM-28 Doubled 1-9 1879-S VAM-29 Doubled 9 and Right Obverse 1879-S VAM-32 Doubled 9 1879-S VAM-38 Doubled 879 1879-S VAM-40 Doubled 18-9 1879-S VAM-41 Doubled Stars and Date 1879-S VAM-44 Possible 7 in Denticles, Doubled 87, Sextupled Stars 1879-S VAM-48 Doubled Date, Tripled Stars & Motto 1879-S VAM-48A Doubled Date, Tripled Stars & Motto, Beauty Mark Die Chip 1879-S VAM-55 Doubled 87 1879-S VAM-63 Doubled Lower Hair 1879-S VAM-64 Doubled 87 1879-S VAM-65 Open 9, Gouge in Bow 1879-S VAM-70 Open 9, Overpolished Eagle's Head 1879-S VAM-75 Doubled Profile, Bulging Stars, Gouge in Bow, Over Polished Reverse. 1879-S VAM-76 Doubled/Quadrupled 187 & Stars 1879-S VAM-76A Doubled/Quadrupled 187 & Stars, Die Break below 9 C3b - S Tilted Left 1879-S VAM-3 Doubled 9 1879-S VAM-18 Doubled Date 1879-S VAM-18A Doubled Date, S Tilted Left, Obverse Polishing Lines 1879-S VAM-22 Doubled Date 1879-S VAM-27 Doubled Date 1879-S VAM-36 Polished 8, Cootie Impression on Jaw, S/S Tilted Left 1879-S VAM-69 Doubled Date & Stars, S Tilted Right 1879-S VAM-73 Doubled 189, S Tilted Left, Die Chips Below 18 C3c - S/S Left 1879-S VAM-11 S/S Left 1879-S VAM-11A S/S Left, Die File Line Tail Feathers 1879-S VAM-12 S/S Left 1879-S VAM-12A S/S Left, Die File Line Tail Feathers C3d - S/S Right 1879-S VAM-13 S/S Right 1879-S VAM-53 Doubled 87, S/S Right C3e - S/S Middle 1879-S VAM-14 S/S Middle 1879-S VAM-68 Doubled 7, S/S Middle C3f - S/S 1879-S VAM-15 Double 18 and S/S 1879-S VAM-17 Doubled Date and S/S 1879-S VAM-54 Doubled 9, S/S Right C3g - S/S Tilted Left 1879-S VAM-19 S/S Tilted Left C3h - S/S High 1879-S VAM-21 Doubled Date, S/S High C3i - S/S Far Left 1879-S VAM-30 S/S Far Left C3j - S Set Left 1879-S VAM-31 Doubled 879, S Set Left C3k - S Set Right 1879-S VAM-33 Doubled 18-9, S Set Right 1879-S VAM-71 S Set Right, Over Polished reverse C3l - S/S Line 1879-S VAM-37 S/S Line C3m - S/S Bar Top Loop 1879-S VAM-45 (Privately made) S/S Bar Top Loop, Rough Left Wreath C3n - Doubled Right Reverse 1879-S VAM-47 Doubled Date, Sextupled Stars, Doubled Right Reverse C3o - S/S Far Right 1879-S VAM-49 Doubled Date, S/S Far Right C3p - Over Polished Wreath Bow 1879-S VAM-57 Open 9, Over Polished Wreath Bow C3q - Doubled Top Reverse 1879-S VAM-58 Doubled Top Reverse C3r - S/S Lower Loop Tilted Left 1879-S VAM-59 Doubled 879, S/S Lower Loop Tilted Left C3s - Doubled Lower Reverse 1879-S VAM-60 Quadrupled Stars & Date, Doubled Lower Reverse C3t - Tripled Left Wreath 1879-S VAM-61 Doubled 8, Sextupled Stars, Tripled Left Wreath C3u - Over Polished Lower Reverse 1879-S VAM-62 Doubled Profile, Over Polished Lower Reverse C3v - C3w - Overpolished Lower Reverse 1879-S VAM-74 Engraved Tailfeather, Over Polished Reverse
