1878 Philly Morgan Need Advice For Grade

Taken from the VAM-30 reverse die description. This would be viewers left of eagle's left foot.

from a grading standpoint these photos are are pretty pathetic. either the photos were manipulated to hide the surfaces or the surfaces have been stripped off on both sides. the coin could be AU58 or maybe as high as MS63 and a details designation is highly possible

is it offer for $100. I had a plan to add her to my collection. what do you think?

Thank you for your advice Panzaldi.

The "Underlying 8 tail feather design" refers to all of the reverse die design elements not just the number of tail feathers. The 8tf reverse design was modified with the 7tf reverse design and some of the 8tf design elements remained. The extra toe is from the 8tf design.

$100 would be full retail for a non-problem coin in AU58.

i would pass on this one. its the most available of 87's. you can do better and without decent photos of both sides if it's less than 58 you would be overpaying for it. you have no idea what these photos are hiding.

I have nearly 300 Morgan and Peace dollars, and most were won at ebay auctions, so I'm quite familiar with ebay auctions and with sellers and sellers tricks at ebay.

Taking good pictures can sometimes be challenging, but taking fair or at least clear and bright pictures is not, and when a seller offers very dark pictures (as your seller has), or pictures at a slant or angle, or where some of the coin is in shadows, that's generally done to hide something about the coins condition that they don't want you to see. And a seller that is trying to hide something about a coin is a seller and a coin you need to avoid. It's possible that you may miss a good one now and then because the seller just sucked at photography, but as they say, better safe than sorry.

Solo, I'm glad to see that you are posting possible purchases here before buying. until you learn what you are looking for this is a good practice to get others opinions.