78 Morgan W/ Miss-Rolled Reeded Edge

Who, me?

This is VAM-14.1a, one of the more common 8TF's. And the lack of clashing on it is what would turn it into something spectacular; I think only two unclashed examples are known. Clashed, not so much.

Now. For the partial collar. I'm going to run down a couple folks to ask opinions. For the moment, don't lose this coin.

They're not exactly common on 8TF's, but without information I lack I will not offer judgment on rarity or value. I pinged someone who is in a better position than I to have an educated opinion.

Although seemingly fairly common on 1878-S, for instance, so far I've been able to find only one 8TF on the Internet, and it a full Railroad Rim. This cannot be taken as any sort of accurate statistic. Collectors tend to hold these things close to the vest sometimes. But then again, in a liquidation situation that works to the seller's advantage.

I wouldn't call this a very liquid coin, even though it'd probably put a smile on your face if you got it in front of a directed audience at the right time. It would rivet the attention of those who were accumulating Partial Collar Morgans, because as a 14.1a it's not particularly rare in the 8TF scheme of things so the variety wouldn't add any real premium in the 8TF context.

Get this one into a slab.

Pcgs slab if it were mine because you want to see as much of that rim as possible.

PCGS will charge extra for it being a mint error if you want the tilted partial collar mentioned on the holder. ANACS still doesn't have a pronged insert, as far as I know. If you don't care if it's mentioned on the holder, look for someone submitting a large PCGS order of Morgans and piggyback onto it. Contact me off-list for details (use e-mail address on the homepage link in my profile).

Thanks Dave! I'll get the hang of this sooner or later!

And unless they have changed recently that extra fee is $50 to put on the label what we told you for free.

If I spoke my true opinion of PCGS practice, the Bad Word Filter would make this post a blank block. They've pretty much defined themselves as the enemy.