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<p>[QUOTE="bradgator2, post: 4500205, member: 110679"]I try put in an honest effort in an attempt to find something obvious on my coins. I have never found anything amazing. I have gone through all my Morgans and found the VAM to document them and was like, "ok, that's sorta neat". It took forever. The only thing I hunted down are some of the incredible Morgan VAMS. Like 7/8 tailfeathers, o/s mintmark, the rev of 78s vs rev of 79s. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have read about the 1878 P with the concave reverse. Tilting and rotating a VAM14.4 reverse in the light gives the impression you are gazing into a silver bowl. It is also referred to the "Deep Dish" variety. The effect rivals the best cartwheels you have ever seen on an obverse of any Morgan. If the VAMWorld crew were to vote on the most distinctive VAM, the 14.4 would be in the top 2 or 3. </p><p><br /></p><p>Yeah... I want one of those. Anybody got one?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bradgator2, post: 4500205, member: 110679"]I try put in an honest effort in an attempt to find something obvious on my coins. I have never found anything amazing. I have gone through all my Morgans and found the VAM to document them and was like, "ok, that's sorta neat". It took forever. The only thing I hunted down are some of the incredible Morgan VAMS. Like 7/8 tailfeathers, o/s mintmark, the rev of 78s vs rev of 79s. I have read about the 1878 P with the concave reverse. Tilting and rotating a VAM14.4 reverse in the light gives the impression you are gazing into a silver bowl. It is also referred to the "Deep Dish" variety. The effect rivals the best cartwheels you have ever seen on an obverse of any Morgan. If the VAMWorld crew were to vote on the most distinctive VAM, the 14.4 would be in the top 2 or 3. Yeah... I want one of those. Anybody got one?[/QUOTE]
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