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<p>[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 3015404, member: 76105"]I came home from school today knowing that I had some time to kill. I thought “Maybe I should VAM those two Morgans I have”. I looked at my 1888-S and it looked to be a VAM-9, nothing really special. Then I looked at my 1879-S and the first thing I saw was the high S. I looked on VAMworld for a description and I got matches. Using the two die chips on the wings and the position of LIBERTY, I have it narrowed to two VAMs - 29 and 99. According to VAMworld, both are R-6. I believe it is the 99 because the 29 has doubling in many areas on the obverse - which I don’t see on my coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, assuming that this is a 99, is it worth anything being an R-6? </p><p><br /></p><p>Calling in the VAM expert [USER=75984]@Cascade[/USER] to help me on this one.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Omegaraptor, post: 3015404, member: 76105"]I came home from school today knowing that I had some time to kill. I thought “Maybe I should VAM those two Morgans I have”. I looked at my 1888-S and it looked to be a VAM-9, nothing really special. Then I looked at my 1879-S and the first thing I saw was the high S. I looked on VAMworld for a description and I got matches. Using the two die chips on the wings and the position of LIBERTY, I have it narrowed to two VAMs - 29 and 99. According to VAMworld, both are R-6. I believe it is the 99 because the 29 has doubling in many areas on the obverse - which I don’t see on my coin. So, assuming that this is a 99, is it worth anything being an R-6? Calling in the VAM expert [USER=75984]@Cascade[/USER] to help me on this one.[/QUOTE]
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