1878 Morgan 7 Over 8 Tail Feathers

Ralph,

Here's another close-up of your coin with an area circled. Check to see if it has a horizontal gouge. If it does then I believe we're looking at a 39A.

Guys, I posted the seller's photos because the old printer/scanner that I've been using for the past eight years finally went belly up on me, and I don't have a new one yet. Ain't much on giving up on something just because it's outdated...:) - sorry I can't get you a close up, but thanks for checking it out for me.
Reckon I'd best take a cyberflight to VamWorld with coin in hand, and do some checking.

Okay guys, I went over to VAM World, and I feel about as dumb as I was before I went. Man!
Let me tell you what I observe with glass in hand:
Obverse - No die gouge in bonnet
Reverse - 5 extra tail feathers showing - counting from the right - between the 2 and 3, between the 3 and 4, between the 4 and 5, between the 5 and 6 (more under the 5 than between the two) and a very slight showing under the 6th tail feather - there is a raised dot between the limb and the arrow feathers, and there's a die crack beginning at the you in UNITED, follows the top of the legend around to the second L in DOLLAR.
And I would point out that it looks a whole lot better in hand than the photo shows - VAM or no VAM, I'm mighty happy to have it!

I still believe seated nut and myself are probably correct with the VAM-39 (VAM-39A) attribution. It seems to match up allot better with the photographs provided than the 41C does. Did you look at the VAM-39 or 39A (the only difference is the clashing which your coin does seem to have) on VAMWorld and see if it matches those attributes while you were there. You can just look and see if your coin has the same attributes as the pictures and do not need to take photographs since you have it in hand. I am pretty confident its not a 41C and the more I look at your coin it still looks like a VAM-39A. The tail feathers are all wrong for it to be a 41C in my opinion not to mention other things doesn't really seem to match up either

No problem Dave - just point me in the right direction, and it'll get done.

Received and answered - as for grade, your estimate sounds about right; however, you'll be able to make a better determination when you have it in hand.

A prime example of how photos can be deceiving, eh? It's housed in an ASE holder with a white ring around the coin to, I guess, keep it from bouncing around in that big holder. :)