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 Peace & Morgan Dollar VAMs

1878 Morgan less weight

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hipis
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Posted 11/06/2009  12:46 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this topic Add hipis to your friends list  Get a Link to this Message

Hi. I bought 1878 Morgan dollar on ebay. It looks like circulated but it weighs 26,63g. It means it is a copy??

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...:RTQ:US:1123
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Posted 11/06/2009  1:14 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add biokemist6 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply


The correct weight for a Morgan dollar would be 26.73 grams so yours would be within tolerance. If it were several grams light, then you would most certainly have a fake. Looking at the images, nothing about it screams fake and there are several Morgan experts lurking about that I am sure will chime in. You might even get lucky and have a really nice VAM* on your hands


*A VAM is a die variety for Morgan and Peace Dollars, the name is derived from the two authors of the authoritative reference book on the subject, LeRoy Van Allen and George Mallis. VAMs are quite popular with Morgan collectors and some of them are incredibly valuable.
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Posted 11/06/2009  1:50 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add hipis to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Ufff, I hope you right and this is the real Morgan. I'm not a collector but I always wanted to have a real dollar from wild west ages. It doesn't have to be beautiful and uncirculated but it must be REAL.
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remmy1100
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Posted 11/06/2009  4:23 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add remmy1100 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

Its not a fake... look on the reverse (the back) and look under the "N" from IN GOD WE TRUST... see that line that runs to the eagles wing? that is a clash mark and unlikely to find them on a fake. (not a guarantee, but close)

I would say your coin is real and you have nothing to worry about. Though there are fakes out there that look real good. (There are even fakes that are listed in the TOP100 Morgan VAMs) I would say you have a nice 1878 Silver Dollar now. Congrats!
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I'd also vote genuine ... it's a VAM 84A

http://www.vamworld.com/1878-P+VAM-84A
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remmy1100
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Posted 11/16/2009  5:53 pm  Show Profile Bookmark this reply Add remmy1100 to your friends list  Get a Link to this Reply

genuine... like cleaned? or genuine like a real silver dollar. Just not sure since they started to use Genuine on holders.
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