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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 591184, member: 15445"]<font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Double mint mark & long nock 1878 VAM 79 found in Morgans (Photos)</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I just bought 96 Morgan Dollars for $13 each. About 60% of them looked low MS with the rest AU or body bag material. After this initial inspection, I looked at the reverses to see if there were many mint marked coins. On page three, I found a clearly double mint mark. You could see it very clearly. There was a C separated horizontally from another distinct C. That’s right, there was an extra fine 1878 CC dollar on page three!</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">The next night I spent some time looking for VAMs. Please check out these photos depicting the over polished nostril, doubled star, and long nock on this 1878. I believe this one is 1878 VAM 79. [Am I correct?] The coin condition is MS62/63. I’d like to hear from you VAM experts about this one. From what I can find, it has a very low population in MS and I would like to know your opinions about the best venue & price to sell something like this.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I’ll photograph & post some of the other varieties I find in this batch of Morgans.</font></font></p><p><br /></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Very best regards,</font></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">Collect89 </font></font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 591184, member: 15445"][FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Double mint mark & long nock 1878 VAM 79 found in Morgans (Photos)[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I just bought 96 Morgan Dollars for $13 each. About 60% of them looked low MS with the rest AU or body bag material. After this initial inspection, I looked at the reverses to see if there were many mint marked coins. On page three, I found a clearly double mint mark. You could see it very clearly. There was a C separated horizontally from another distinct C. That’s right, there was an extra fine 1878 CC dollar on page three![/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]The next night I spent some time looking for VAMs. Please check out these photos depicting the over polished nostril, doubled star, and long nock on this 1878. I believe this one is 1878 VAM 79. [Am I correct?] The coin condition is MS62/63. I’d like to hear from you VAM experts about this one. From what I can find, it has a very low population in MS and I would like to know your opinions about the best venue & price to sell something like this.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]I’ll photograph & post some of the other varieties I find in this batch of Morgans.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3] [/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Very best regards,[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=Times New Roman][SIZE=3]Collect89 [/SIZE][/FONT][/QUOTE]
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